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Graphic of Swiftly’s Download Center with Service Metrics by Stop export and service analysis visualization
Product announcements

Introducing Service Metrics by Stop

Leverage Swiftly’s Service Metrics by Stop CSV export or API to get a holistic view of your agency’s service delivery at a stop level.
Surbi Luhadia
Transit insights

Defining success in real-time passenger information: Seven factors to measure

Working with over 145 agencies, we’ve identified factors that result in “best-in-class” passenger information.
Sam Bleiberg
Transit insights

A holistic approach to service delivery: Three transit agencies share best practices

We invited three transit agencies to share how they collaborate across teams for a holistic approach to service delivery.
Sam Bleiberg
Transit insights

Transit innovation workshop recap: How Bay Area agencies are doing more with less

Get insights from Bay Area transit agencies in this recap of our first ever Transit Innovation Workshop in San Francisco.
Siena Guerrazzi
Siena Guerrazzi
Product image of off-route vehicles in Live Operations
Product announcements

Introducing Off-Route Vehicles in Live Operations

Off-Route is a new feature in Live Operations that shows you when vehicles go off their preset routes
Matt Fleck
Service delivery webinar speakers
Webinars

Webinar: A holistic approach to service delivery

In this recording, hear how planning, operations, and customer service experts use modern technology to dynamically plan, manage, and communicate...
Press

Swiftly Selected for Pilot to Improve Real-Time Passenger Information and System Performance for New York City Transit and NJ TRANSIT Through Transit Tech Lab

Swiftly Inc. has been selected to deploy its transit data platform for New York City Transit and NJ TRANSIT as a finalist of the 2023 Transit Tech Lab
Sam Bleiberg
Product announcements

New! Introducing Passenger Counts in Onboard App

Swiftly’s digital, cloud-based solution for supporting passenger counting with or without an APC.
Surbi Luhadia
Transit insights
Reports

Partnering with transit agencies to evolve the GTFS-rt standard

A GTFS-rt author explains a recent proposed change to the transit data standard.
Photo of Maddie Sheehan
Maddie Sheehan
Transit insights
Reports

Swiftly works with WETA to become the first consumer of the new Operational Data Standard

Swiftly has officially become the first consumer of ODS data, enabling agencies to monitor and improve their non-revenue service.
Morgan Greene
Ghost buses can lead to head-scratching and infuriating moments for riders. Knowing what causes them is the best way to prevent them.
Transit insights

Bust your ghost buses with manual and auto cancellations

A ghost bus is a trip that exists in passenger-facing apps, but isn’t actually being served. Unfortunately, this issue has become widespread.
Lauren Grabowski
Lauren Grabowski
Speaker photos for 2023 State of Public Transit webinar
Webinars

Webinar: 2023 State of Public Transit

Swiftly hosted a panel of transit agency leaders to discuss the findings from our 2023 State of Public Transit report. Watch the recorded session...
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