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The Pasadena Department of Transportation (DOT) is deploying a demonstration of five new solar powered devices at local bus stops to provide customers real time bus arrival information at the touch of a button. These new devices are different than the existing real time arrival devices currently provided at 115 bus stops in that they also have text-to-speech to assist customers with visual impairments. The locations identified for these five demonstration devices are among the highest used bus stops in the City.
The five demonstration units are anticipated to be permanently installed over the course of the next several months at the following locations:
1. Northbound Lake Avenue and Villa Street
2. Northbound Raymond Avenue and Holly Street
3. Southbound Fair Oaks Boulevard and Woodbury Road
4. Northbound Lake Avenue. and Colorado Boulevard
5. Eastbound Foothill Boulevard and Sierra Madre Villa Avenue
This demonstration project is funded by the Caltrans Low Carbon Transit Operations Program (LCTOP). As part of this project, DOT will collect feedback on how these new units serve transit customer’s needs. Customers will be able to provide feedback via a survey at https://bit.ly/PapercastSurvey. A QR code and the link will also be on every Papercast unit. The survey feedback will assist in determining the effectiveness of these new devices, as well as informing the potential installation of future devices in the City.
These demonstration devices are manufactured by Papercast and are being provided per the City’s contract with Connexionz, Ltd., which includes the provision of real time bus arrival information displays.
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