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