2018 GDOT Annual Report

G R E E N S B O R O T R A N S I T A U T H O R I T Y

connect the system outside of downtown at new community mobility hubs where riders could transfer to other routes or services like LimeBike or Uber. This could provide more direct travel and provide new coverage areas for some parts of the city. Mobility Greensboro 2040 is a long-range plan, so none of the recommendations are binding. Instead, it will guide GTA into the future with a vision for improving mass transit in Greensboro. TMD’s fnal report will include a phased action plan to reach the 2040 vision. It will include a fnancial analysis to give details about the cost of implementation and potential funding avenues. For more information about the plan, visit getonboard2040.org.

GTA News Briefs

Mobile Ticketing App in theWorks

attract new ones. The proposal is expected to be picked this summer.

GTA joined PART and the High Point Transit System to modernize the region’s

30-Year-Old Signs Replaced

ticketing abilities.

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The group issued a request for proposals you have been able to fnd some for a cashless bus fare vendor, which gives great ones along the streets of riders the ability to manage their tickets Greensboro. via the internet. Many of GTA’s antiquated bus stop Using either a smartcard or a mobile app, signs have been in use since the riders can tap their tickets on fare readers. system formed in 1990. Times have Through cloud-based technology, the fare changed, services have changed, is deducted from their online accounts in and our signs must refect the new real time. The technology also provides service oferings for the beneft of fexibility for SCAT services by equipping current and future riders. van operators with handheld readers to We are in the midst of a project accept the same fare media as fxed route where all 1,100 signs in Greensboro GTA and HEAT buses. and Jamestown will be replaced Cash will remain an option, but the new with a new design. The 15-by-21- technology will create more convenience inch display, 45 percent larger for the current riders, and hopefully than the current sign, will feature

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