CHENNAI, India: Six hundred buses of the Metropolitan Transport Corporation will get GPS (Global Positioning System) by next month-end. It would help provide information to the passengers about the coming bus stops. Those waiting at the stops would get information about the expected arrival time of the buses. Most of these buses would be operated on Anna Salai and Poonamallee High Road. The initiative to improve the services would also help the MTC monitor the location of the buses and the drivers’ driving habits.
By this month-end, 300 buses will be fitted with the system. By next month, another 300 buses will get GPS, Transport Secretary Debendranath Sarangi told. The MTC has procured 4,000 hand-held ticketing machines with Rs.4 crore provided by the Centre. The machines would provide information about the patronage on different routes. In turn, this would help the transport corporation to improve the efficiency of its fleet, he said.
