Apr 14 - New Bus Tracker Launched Today
Bus users can now “meet their bus” rather than wait for them with the new Bus Tracker WebApp launched today.
The launch will, in the first instance, feature Routes 2 and 3 with further routes being developed soon.
The Bus Tracking WebApp developed by the Government of Gibraltar’s Information Technology & Logistics Department will provide a real-time bus tracking service that will cover working routes offered by the Gibraltar Bus Company.
The Gibraltar Bus Tracker WebApp will offer riders real-time bus information. From any smart phone or desktop computer with internet access, citizens will be able to access the website, select a bus route and see a user friendly transit map that will display where buses are located within the given route. The buses will move across the map in real-time.
The Ministry is also pleased to announce, in keeping with recommendations from the Draft Sustainable Traffic, Transport and Parking Plan, that Routes 4 and 9 are being modified for an enhanced and more efficient service. Furthermore, in light of these modifications a new pilot Route 6 will be commencing Monday 18th April. The Route starts at Market Place Terminus, proceeding down Waterport Road to Mid-Harbour Estate via St Bernard’s Hospital, turning at the roundabout and back along the same route.
The new pilot Route 6 and modifications to existing Routes 4 and 9 are available to the public on the new Gibraltar Bus Company Website and at each bus stop.
Paul Balban, the Minister for Transport, Traffic and Technical Services, said: “I am very happy to see the launch of the Gibraltar Bus Tracker WebApp and the updated website platform.
“This will revolutionise the way we catch buses in the future, and it would mean we no longer have to wait for the bus, but we are now able to meet our bus.”
For more information, visit http://www.gibraltarbuscompany.gi/site/ and click on the Bus Tracker link.
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