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Bus tracking comes to town

At long lost, city buses will be tracked via GPS.


the state-of-the-art Service Management and Customer Information System (SMCIS) bus management system, which uses a combination of global positioning satellite and dead reckoning tracking technology to pinpoint the exact location of all 176 buses assigned to MTA New York City Transit’s 126th Street Depot.

went online today and will be expanded citywide soon.

-- Chuck Bennett

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