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Ghost buses are everywhere. Meet the benchmark haunting them back.

Ghost buses hurt rider trust. The ETA Completeness Benchmark measures what accuracy can’t: whether riders get real-time info at all.

Four bus graphics—some designated “complete” and some “incomplete.”

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Swiftly raises $2.5M from US and French mobility leaders to expand its big data platform for urban transportation

Swiftly raises $2.5M led by Via ID (Mobivia) with participation from RATP Dev, Ford Smart Mobility, LLC and Samsung NEXT.

May 3, 2017

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RTD Real-Time Bus Information Launches on Swiftly App

San Joaquin RTD has partnered with Swiftly to provide better real-time transit information for their riders.

April 14, 2017

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Tahoe Transportation District Launches Tracking App for Buses

Tahoe Transportation District (TTD) partners with Swiftly to enable South Lake Tahoe passengers to track the status of buses on their smartphones.

September 7, 2016

Case studies

Tahoe Transportation District Gets Real-Time Arrival Information Powered by Swiftly

Tahoe Transportation District (TTD) riders have recently gotten a big upgrade to their travels...

Swiftly

September 7, 2016

Press

Eastern Sierra Transit partners with Swiftly for real-time information

Swiftly to increase real-time transit prediction accuracy by up to 20% for ESTA riders.

June 17, 2016

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Startup Hopes to Shake Up Commuting by Providing Real-Time Data Via App

Swiftly, a newbie in the transit app world, is introducing an app to help San Franciscans find the fastest, cheapest ways to get around town.

February 18, 2016

Case studies

VTA Liberates Its Data from the Stone Age with Swiftly

Using Swiftly, VTA improved real-time map accuracy by 12x by reducing delays from 120 seconds to 10 seconds.

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Transit insights

The benefits of cloud-based technology during a global pandemic

How Swiftly takes data sets to improve the operations of transit networks and passenger experience.

Videos

Transit insights

Public Transit in the time of COVID 19

How agencies are evaluating the state of public transit and ridership during the pandemic.

Videos

Case studies

Introducing Onboard App in: The Future of Reliability

Discover how Capital Metro, Miami-Dade, and ComfortDelGro are improving service with Swiftly’s Onboard App.

Videos

Case studies

How MDOT MTA Overhauled 41 Schedules in Half the Time

Swiftly and MDOT MTA discuss improvements to prediction planning.

Case studies

CARTA Jump-Starts Customer Delight with Swiftly

Since implementing Swiftly, CARTA call lengths have decreased 50%, representing $40,000 in gained productivity annually.

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CAD/AVL designed for real-world transit operations

CAD/AVL designed for real-world transit operations

CAD/AVL designed for real-world transit operations

CAD/AVL designed for real-world transit operations

The Transit Technology Blog

Ghost buses are everywhere. Meet the benchmark haunting them back.

Swiftly raises $2.5M from US and French mobility leaders to expand its big data platform for urban transportation

RTD Real-Time Bus Information Launches on Swiftly App

Tahoe Transportation District Launches Tracking App for Buses

Tahoe Transportation District Gets Real-Time Arrival Information Powered by Swiftly

Eastern Sierra Transit partners with Swiftly for real-time information

Startup Hopes to Shake Up Commuting by Providing Real-Time Data Via App

VTA Liberates Its Data from the Stone Age with Swiftly

The benefits of cloud-based technology during a global pandemic

Public Transit in the time of COVID 19

Introducing Onboard App in: The Future of Reliability

How MDOT MTA Overhauled 41 Schedules in Half the Time

CARTA Jump-Starts Customer Delight with Swiftly

Turn data into outcomes riders notice