A trial of a mobile phone solution detecting when and where passengers board and leave buses is taking place in Nottingham.
Nottingham City Transport (NCT), which introduced mobile ticketing over two years ago, and technology business Touche-NFC Ltd have linked up on the feasibility test for a method of recording point-to-point journeys automatically.
The trial focuses on NCT’s Green 11 bus route between the city centre, Trent Boulevard and Lady Bay. Special beacons have been installed on buses and at stops to detect where a bus passenger is on their journey through use of an Android-based app.
NCT says recording this information will help with future network planning, while customers could see their fares automatically calculated and deducted from their bank accounts.
