What is Public Transportation Software?
Public Transportation Software enables fixed-route and individualized transit services to manage their operations, infrastructure, and ensure compliance with public transportation regulations.
Public transit software helps with matters such as:
- ticketing
- timetables
- driver assignment
- routing and detours
- passenger safety and security
- management of on-demand services for passengers with disabilities
- maintenance of transit vehicles and other infrastructure
- point of sale (POS) integration with ticketing booths and kiosks (varies by product)
Many public transportation tools provide geolocation tracking to ensure that riders receive real-time data on arrivals and route progress, and administrators receive real-time updates on vehicle status.
More solutions are also including back-office functions, such as accounting and asset management. Some integrate in with software that does.
As mobility as a service (MaaS) gains traction, many solutions will work to serve as fully integrated platform to a city or municipality‘s entire public transportation system.