IDG Contributor Network: How crowdsourced Wi-Fi signals could improve buses
For municipalities that haven't moved over to all smart cards for their buses, or have a combination of tickets, paper-based passes, and electronic boarding, it's been hard to estimate accurate ridership numbers for particular routes and times of day, in real-time.
Head counts are one method, but are expensive and require an individual to perform the task. In-bus infrastructure, such as turnstiles, can be linked to location services such as GPS and analyzed, but that's complicated and any hardware needs maintenance. Again, more cost.
Researchers reckon they have a solution. And it's one that they say can be brought in for about $60 per bus.
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