The Delhi government hascollaborated with Google to launch a system to enable commuters to track buslocations, arrival and departure times, and routes on a real-time basis ontheir smartphones. This initiative is taken by the government to smoothly run theintracity travel for the Delhiites. Commuters will be able to get all therelevant information about the buses on their smartphones with the use ofGoogle Maps. This will not only ease their travel experience, but also, help incalculating the travel time for its users.
On the partnershipwith Google, Delhi’s Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot said that the positionof 3,000 buses can be tracked on a real-time basis using the Google Maps app.He stated, “The status of around 3,000 buses is live. This will help commutersto track the buses through Google Maps. More DTC buses will be added soon.”
Apart from livetracking, passengers will be able to get an idea of how long their journey isgoing to take on the app. Passengers will also get information in case the busis late. “Google Transit will automatically update the times to suit the newterms,” he said.
He further stated, “Withtoday’s partnership with Google Maps, Delhi joins the league of global citiesthat provide real-time public transport information so that people can plantheir trips up to the minute.”
Meanwhile, theminister has additionally expressed hope that this collaboration will encouragea number of different transit apps to faucet into the open information portalof the Transport division and create modern options to make Delhi`s publictransport system the default selection for everybody.