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Genfare Booth 3433
THE TRANSIT BUSINESS IS CHANGING AT
a rapid rate but the technology in other industries
already exist and Genfare President Darren
Dickson said they have leveraged that for transit.
“We’ve created a platform to leverage technology
with the least infrastructure cost,” said
Dickson. Genfare Linnk is a comprehensive,
digital fare management platform that is a suite
of fully integrated hardware and soft ware-based
solutions that can manage multi-media fare
collection across multiple modes.
Dashboards and reporting tools provide
real-time actionable data. “Everything, even
Commuters can plan their trip, select a
route, pay for a ticket and board, all with
the mobile app.
mobile payment,” Dickson stressed, “is integrated
into the reporting.”
He said for them, it’s about making the transit
industry more user friendly for the consumer
while helping the operator make the best business
decisions to off er the commuter the best options.
Leveraging a comprehensive digital solutions
suite that delivers total control, Dickson said,
“Transit operation is going to get smarter
through data.”
All About Batteries: Optimizing Effi ciencies
for Heating and Cooling Buses
Thermo King Booth 7247
WHILE IT CAN INCREASE THE CAPACITY NEEDS
for an electric vehicle, aff ecting the maximum
range of an hybrid electric or electric vehicle,
passenger comfort cannot be compromised.
“HVAC is the largest single load on the
battery, so we have to do what we can to
make our units as effi cient as possible,” said
Steve Johnson, product marketing manager,
Bus HVAC, Th ermo King. “Th e range of an
electric vehicle can be compromised using
an HVAC unit, so it’s imperative to have an
effi cient heating and cooling unit on a bus.”
To address the demand for effi cient heating
and cooling solutions, Th ermo King has two
new all-electric, hermetically sealed rooft op
HVAC units on display: Th e Athenia AMII
E-800 and the RLF-E.
Both units are designed for battery bus,
hybrid bus, trolley bus and engine-driven alternator
powered applications.
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The low-entry system allows for ADA
riders to sit, enter and exit easily.
C. Mikel Oglesby
Deputy Director
South Florida Regional
Transportation Authority,
Pompano Beach, Fla.
Dispatch technology – Starting in transit in the
80’s in Boston, the Operations Control Center
(OCC) atmosphere was pretty chaotic with people
frantically on phones and the amped up Boss
staring at boards with only lights blinking representing
the corridor including train location,
speed. Major decisions were made blind using
old school knowledge. Today’s OCC’s are armed
with real-time technology with staff looking like
they are playing a video game in near silence
resulting in “the geeks running the Railroads.
MCI Introduces Highly
Accessible D-Series
Coach
Moto Coach Ind. Booth 7819
MOTOR COACH IND. UNVEILED ITS NEW MOtorcoach,
the D45 CRT LE. Th e new coach
is designed to accommodate all passengers
with the creation of a low-entry vestibule that
comes equipped with ramp and an adjoining
seating area for mobility devices.
Th e new model is designed to change accessibility
with speedy entry and exits for
ADA riders. Th e coach also features forward
facing seats, power outlets, overhead racks
and Wi-Fi options.
“Now we want to do more, we want to
make sure that our vehicles are accessible
for everyone,” said Patrick Scully, executive
VP, sales and marketing, MCI.
Brent Maitland, VP, marketing & product
planning, MCI explained, “When we set forth
to do this design we partnered with BMW
Designworks. We needed to make sure that
we properly engaged the users, so we embarked
on the design process. We wanted to
make it faster and we wanted to make it easy.”
Kelly Buckland, executive director, National
Council on Independent Living was
included in MCI’s work to make an effi cient
and accessible design. “I really want to complement
the people in engaging us in the design
process. Th ey listened to what we said
and made the design around that,” explained
Buckland. “Th ey invited me to come up to
Winnipeg to see it. I’ve personally been stuck
on a bus where the lift doesn’t work. Th is
design makes it easy.”
