Two million scans of Quick Response (QR) Codes and Near Field Communication (NFC) Tags have now been made at West Yorkshire bus stops by passengers seeking real time information about service arrival times.
The landmark two-millionth scan was made on 1 December at one of the county’s 14,500 bus stops and shelters fitted with QR codes and NFC tags on timetable displays by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority. This enables customers to use their smart phone with a QR Code reader app downloaded from apps stores such as Goggle Play and Windows Store to see when their next bus is due at that particular bus stop.
The most-scanned stops in West Yorkshire’s five districts for 2017/2018 were located on Thornton Road, Bradford; Illingworth Road, Illingworth; Spen Lane, Cleckheaton; The Headrow, Leeds City Centre; and Aire Street, Castleford.
“Our aim is to make public transport more attractive and easier to use and with 2,000,000 scans now made, QR Codes and NFC Tags are making a significant contribution to achieving this,” says Cllr Kim Groves, Chair of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s Transport Committee.
