This is a ride service that you call a head of time and reserve.  Where I
went to college using the dial a ride and monitoring to see when it was on
its way was very helpful especially when in a large building.





On Fri, 28 Jan 2005, Martin McCormick wrote:

>         We just got a bus service here in Stillwater, Oklahoma that
> primarily serves the OSU campus, several large living areas such as
> dorms and apartment houses and goes to places like Wallmarct, etc.
> They use good old VHF radio in the high band but I don't think I would
> learn a single useful thing that would help me use the busses more
> effectively.  On their radios, they chatter all day long but most of
> it is related to vehicles needing repair or drivers running a little
> late or other problems that are very important, but don't help one
> figure out if the right bus is coming by.
>
>         They have a series of color-coded routes such as the Orange
> route or the Purple route which defines where a given bus goes, but
> listening to their radios is only kind of interesting at times, not
> useful.
>
>         What we need is a transponder or short-range beacon connected
> to the sine board that each bus displays indicating which colored
> route it is running that day.  The data on the beacon would
> automatically change if the driver changed the sine so he or she
> wouldn't have to remember to make sure the beacon was in sync with the
> sine.
>
>         That would make the system quite useful for people who are
> blind at least avoiding the problem of having to stick one's head in
> the door and ask, "Is this the Green Route?"
>
>         As far as the radios go, there is nada as far as useful
> information.
>
> Martin McCormick WB5AGZ  Stillwater, OK
> OSU Information Technology Division Network Operations Group
>