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Budget panel backs $89 million SFMTA contract for next-generation real-time rider information system
Summary
The Budget & Finance Committee on Sept. 2 recommended the Board of Supervisors approve a not-to-exceed $89 million contract with Cubic Transportation Systems to replace Muni's aging NextBus system with new signs, an app and analytics aimed at improving arrival-time accuracy and equity in access to real-time information.
The Budget & Finance Committee on Sept. 2 voted to forward to the full Board of Supervisors a resolution authorizing a not-to-exceed $89 million contract between the Municipal Transportation Agency and Cubic Transportation Systems for a next-generation customer information system.
Jason Lee, SFMTA program manager for the project, told the committee the system would replace the nearly 20-year-old NextBus platform with a fundamentally rebuilt platform, new larger double-sided signs at stops and platform- and onboard-displays tied to a mobile app and analytics tools. "We are…
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