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Thoughts about scheduling, planning, mass transit, technology, algorithms and more.

Optibus and HITOUCH partner to help transportation operators modernize visual communication systems

Optibus, an end-to-end public transportation planning and operations platform, and HITOUCH, a highly innovative...

GTFS-Flex Puts More Transit on the Map

More than a billion people use Google Maps and Apple Maps every month. Those apps show transit directions for thousands...

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Top 5 Benefits of Cloud Native Applications in the Public Transportation Industry

Cloud-native architecture has revolutionized software applications for the cloud. But how do you differentiate between...

The Digital Dilemma: When Conservative Industries Meet Disruptive Technology

A few years ago, my team completed a months-long engagement with one of the largest public transport operators in...

Service Alerts Build Passenger Trust

Every day, millions of people use Google Maps, Apple Maps, and other popular apps to get transit directions. These...

Transvida Consortium, part of SPTrans, picks Optibus for smarter planning and scheduling in São Paulo

Using Optibus’ AI-powered software platform, Transvida Consortium will bring to LATAM’s largest bus system a new level...

Countdown to the NTD GTFS Deadline: Ensuring Compliance and Success

GTFS was recently chosen by the United States Federal Transit Administration (FTA) as the primary method for collecting...

Optibus triples its client base in Minas Gerais, Brazil, within one year

Usage of Optibus’ artificial intelligence (AI) software platform is growing among public transportation operators...

Transport for Wales chooses Optibus for planning their bus network using AI

Transport for Wales (TfW) has selected Optibus, an AI-powered transportation management software, to help deliver the...

Optibus Academy for Universities launches to transform public transportation education

Optibus, an AI-powered software platform used to plan and operate public transportation in 2,000 cities worldwide, is...

Meet Oded, Director of Product Management, in our Values Interviews Series

What set of values makes you connect with your company and appreciate your job?

New York City Transit to pilot Optibus as part of the Transit Tech Lab

Optibus is thrilled to announce that it has been selected by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and the...

Manual edit refactor: Converting long, tangled spaghetti code into tidy, neatly-packed ravioli code

A little food motivation Spaghetti may be your family’s favorite weeknight thirty-minute meal (it is mine!), but it...

Meet Kal, Solutions Engineer, in our Values Interviews Series

What set of values makes you connect with your company and appreciate your job?