Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Caltrain will Install GPS Tracking on Its Trains

San Francisco area riders of the Caltrain system will soon be able to check the real-time schedule of the trains. The Caltrain board of directors signed a $1.8 million deal on December 3 with a Maryland-based transportation firm to install GPS tracking technology in its trains. The transit operator will use the system to post expected arrival times of trains at all station platforms from San Francisco to San Jose online at 511.org and on the 511 phone system.

Caltrain will join other agencies such as BART, San Francisco Muni, and AC Transit in the East Bay in providing real-time arrival data to riders. SamTrans expects its $1.2 million GPS-enabled real-time delay system to begin running in March.

L2 Data Collection provides GPS Tracking Systems for small and medium size fleets. These systems enable the fleet managers to track the history and current status of all GPS enabled vehicles, including their location, path, speed and proximity to landmarks such as job sites. I guess we could also install these GPS Fleet Tracking systems in a train, but not many of our fleet manager customers in the NW have them.

I have complained before about delivery services that do not give you a good delivery estimate. Perhaps some day delivery services will think about providing better delivery estimates by implementing GPS fleet tracking systems that communicate with the end customer.

Railroads also use GPS solutions for construction and maintenance as this article that I recently wrote documents. In fact, I met with a large railroad in Melbourne, Australia to consult with them on a mobile solutions for rail road maintenance.


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