[Yolobus Public Announcement] Yolobus Launches "Yolobus Alert"

[Mike Luken]

YOLOBUS Launches Yolobus Alert
On Wednesday , June 1, 2016, all Yolobus riders will be able to subscribe to real time text alerts for the routes that they ride every day. Due to the upturn in the economy, traffic has increased in the Sacramento Region and bus riders need to know if their regular daily bus is going to be late due to traffic or some other reason so they can notify family, their places of employment and their dentist if the bus is going to be late.
Like many transit services, Yolobus has employed technology that enables riders to user their smart phones to track their bus to see what time it will arrive. Yolobus uses Yolobus LIVE, a mobile website located at http://avl.yolobus.com <http://www.avl.yolobus.com/> to see where the bus is on a given bus route in real time. Yolobus LIVE is a more advanced tool and requires a smart phone with a robust cellular connect.
Yolobus Alert, is a simple text-based alert that a rider can subscribe to on any cellular phone. A rider can select one or more routes and if their bus is late, a short text message will alert them within a few minutes. Yolobus Alert can be found on the home page of Yolobus at www.yolobus.com<http://www.yolobus.com/> . "This is a great tool for our riders. It takes all the guess work out of figuring out if and why a bus is late. All of our riders can use this tool." Harold Anderson, Chair, Yolo County Transportation District and Councilman from the City of Winters.
Yolobus Alert was developed by Trandev, Inc., the company that operates Yolobus on behalf of the Yolo County Transportation District. Transdev has deployed this tool effectively in a number of transit properties throughout the Country. "Our riders asked for this service and we have delivered an effective tool that can be used for all bus routes throughout the Yolobus System" - Carmen Alba, General Manager - Transdev Yolo.
The Yolo County Transportation District administers YOLOBUS, which operates local and intercity bus service 365 days a year in Yolo County and neighboring areas. YOLOBUS serves Davis, West Sacramento, Winters, Woodland, downtown Sacramento, Sacramento International Airport, Cache Creek Casino Resort, Esparto, Madison, Dunnigan and Knights Landing. As an added convenience for our riders, Yolobus makes connections with other local public transportation systems. With connections to Unitrans and Fairfield-Suisun Transit in Davis, and Regional Transit and Light Rail in Sacramento, you have a wide range of options.


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