Madrid continues to move forward with its intention to digitize the city's public transport. After authorizing Take the metro card on the mobileNow introduce the possibility of seeing the location of the buses and the estimated arrival time in real time.
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How to follow the bus position in Madrid in real time
The Municipal Transport Company (EMT) in Madrid presents for the first time the integration of the location of its vehicles on Google Maps. It is the company in charge of the coordination of public transport in the capital, in particular urban and interurban buses, the metro and the surrounding area.
This new feature, which is possible thanks to Standard GTFS-RTunderstand All EMT bus linesSo, whatever your origin and your destination, you can see at any time how much the vehicle is missing and where it is.
The digitization of transport allows a simpler use of these urban resources, in addition to allowing the user a greater planning. To date, the estimated time of the trip could be known, but now you can also take into account what is waiting time, with information updated in real time and not only with forecasts.
To date, the planning of urban travel on Google Maps has been carried out by static information, with the forecast of the annexes of each route. However, in a means of transport as a bus, this could lead to significant discrepancies, as it depends on external elements, such as the state of traffic.
With Implementation of real normal time and calculation of algorithm You can predict more efficiently when the bus will arrive at your stop.
To access this information, simply search for a means with origin and destination and The bus icon will appear on the card in real time. By clicking on it, you can see information from the vehicle, for example, if you go late.
Also changes in neighboring lines
Although the real -time positioning of the EMT buses is the great novelty of Google Maps, another small change was also introduced, this time by referring to the vicinity.
In this case, Now, the Google Maps card shows each line with its colorIt is therefore much easier to identify each route.
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