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Optibus expands in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil with new public transportation operators

Optibus is rapidly expanding in an important market in Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul, the state with the nation’s fourth...

Volvo Group Venture Capital makes strategic investment in Optibus to advance bus electrification and industry digitalization

The investment supports key software infrastructure for achieving sustainable, digital bus operations.

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This Is How We Scale: Using a Centralized Logging Solution

Our current centralized logging solution is Logz.io: Cloud Observability for Engineers and most of our application logs...

Transit and tech experts from India, Australia, Israel, and Japan join Optibus

As part of Optibus' expansion in and commitment to the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, we are excited to announce the...

ALBUM Member Ipswich Buses Goes Cloud-Native with Optibus

The launch of Optibus’ new real-time Operations module comes with great news in the UK: Ipswich Buses, a well-respected...

Optibus debuts first real-time, cloud-native solution for mitigating driver staffing challenges and optimizing depot operations

Today, Optibus, the end-to-end software platform for public transportation planning and management, introduced...

How to Adapt to Changing Paradigms and Priorities: Drivers

The shortage of bus drivers is a major concern for the public transportation industry, especially in Western countries....

La Linea spa launches electric buses in Venice

La Linea spa is bringing electric buses to Venice and real-time operations to Italy using Optibus’ Planning,...

Transdev’s RedBus Urbano signs with Optibus to improve its electric fleet

RedBus Urbano, one of the main public transport operators in Santiago, Chile and Transdev’s largest bus operation...

Public Transportation in 2022: How to Adapt to Changing Paradigms and Priorities

New paradigms in public transportation require new ways of thinking and new approaches to diverse challenges that span...

5 Critical Capabilities of a Modern Depot Operation

Whether you’re an allocator, dispatcher, fleet or HR manager, or otherwise — if you’re involved in the field of depot...

GLOBAL optimizes passenger transportation in Gran Canaria, Spain with Optibus

SALCAI UTINSA S.A. (GLOBAL), the main intercity transportation operator on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain, has begun...

Optibus Becomes the First Public Transportation Unicorn with Series D Closing

Funding accompanies the launch of Ridership Insights, which helps planners redesign transportation systems to increase...

Optibus Launches Timetable Optimization, an Industry First in Reducing Costs  

Tested by transportation providers worldwide, the feature is the industry’s only such offering available on an...