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rabbittransit partnered with Avail Technologies to upgrade its InfoPoint rider tool, a real-time bus tracking system, which is powered by GPS technology. InfoPoint allows riders to plan a trip, find their bus including its exact location, stop locations, set an email alert for bus arrivals/departures and retrieve uptothe minute inbound/outbound schedules. The upgrade will offer a more user friendly interface with advanced features, including the ability to set reoccurring rider alerts to specific routes. InfoPoint: Next Bus Arrivals

InfoPoint Next Bus Arrivals - Rabbit Transit · InfoPoint allows riders to plan a trip, find their bus including its exact location, stop locations, set an email alert for bus arrivals/departures

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rabbittransit partnered with Avail Technologies to upgrade its InfoPoint rider

tool, a real-time bus tracking system, which is powered by GPS technology.

InfoPoint allows riders to plan a trip, find their bus including its exact location,

stop locations, set an email alert for bus arrivals/departures and retrieve

up‐to‐the minute inbound/outbound schedules.

The upgrade will offer a more user friendly interface with advanced features,

including the ability to set reoccurring rider alerts to specific routes.

InfoPoint:

Next Bus Arrivals

InfoPoint: Next Bus Arrivals

1) Computer (Desktop/Laptop): -Visit rabbittransit.org & Click InfoPoint link on homepage.

2) Mobile Device (Smartphone /Tablet): -Visit rabbittransit.org & Click InfoPoint icon on mobile site.

3) App (for iPhones): -Search “MyStop” & Download App. Select rabbittransit.

3 Ways to Access:

Visit rabbittransit.org

& Click InfoPoint

Icon on mobile site

InfoPoint: For Mobile Devices

Visit rabbittransit.org

& click the

Next Bus Arrival icon

on mobile site

InfoPoint: For Mobile Devices

5 Main Feature Areas

InfoPoint: For Mobile Device

●Begin by

selecting

Routes

from menu

Routes Feature: Mobile

●Choose a

Route from

the list by

clicking

directly on

the route

number

●Select the

Map icon at

the top of

the screen

to see the

selected

route

Routes Feature: Mobile

• Gray Dots = bus stops

• Clock = time points

• Bus icon = bus

• Arrow with bus icon =

shows direction bus is moving

●Click on the

Bus Icon to get

started

Routes Feature: Mobile

● Tap the

blue circle

with arrow

to find out: – Status of bus

– Last stop

– Destination

– Direction

– Number

Onboard

– Last update

Routes Feature: Mobile

●Tap View

Stops

button to

see all the

stops

along the

route

●Choose a

Stop from

the list to

see more

details

Routes Feature: Mobile

●Scheduled

Departures –

Selected Routes

indicates upcoming

times the bus will

service the selected

stop on the

selected route

• EDT = Estimated Departure Time

●Click on the

expand arrow

for scheduled

departures for

the selected stop on other routes

Routes Feature: Mobile

●Scheduled Departures –

Other Routes indicates

upcoming times the

selected stop is serviced

by other routes

• EDT = Estimated Departure Time

●Green

indicates

bus is on

time

●Red

indicates

bus is

behind

schedule

Stops Feature: Mobile

●Choose a

Route from

the list by

clicking

directly on

the route

number

●Select the

Arrow icon

to go back

to the main

menu

Stops Feature: Mobile

●Select

Stops from

menu

Stops Feature: Mobile

●Choose a Stop

from the list to

see more

details

Stops Feature: Mobile

●Check Scheduled

Departures –Selected

Routes for upcoming

departure times

●Red

indicates

bus is

behind

schedule

●Green

indicates

bus is on

time

●Check Scheduled

Departures – Other

Routes for upcoming

departure times on

other routes

• EDT = Estimated Departure Time

Trip Planner Feature: Mobile

●Select Trip

Planner

from menu

Trip Planner Feature: Mobile

●Type in the From and

To fields with the details

of your travel

●Select When (Depart or

Arrive)

●Select the first blank

box to enter Time

●Select the second

blank box to enter Date

●Select Plan Trip

Trip Planner Feature: Mobile

Trip Results for this example:

Shows that the rider must use the

Route 3N and then transfer to the

Route 8S at the Transfer Center.

**PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS COST OF ONE-WAY FARE ONLY!

Trip Planner Feature: Mobile

●Select footer to

get step-by-step

instructions on

completing your trip

Set Rider Alerts: Mobile

●Select Set

Alert from

menu

Set Rider Alerts: Mobile

●Choose a Route,

Direction, & Stop

●Enter time in Time range

to depart field

●Enter Date into blank

field

●Enter how much notice

you require in the Notify

me field

●Enter a valid Email

address

●Click Set Alert

NOTE: THIS IS A

ONE-TIME

ALERT

ONLY!

TO SET A

REOCCURING

ALERT,

PLEASE VISIT

FULL SITE

Set Rider Alerts: Mobile

●Your alert has

been created

● REPEAT

PREVIOUS

INSTRUCTIONS

FOR EACH LEG

OF TRIP

NOTE: THIS IS A ONE-TIME

ALERT ONLY!

TO SET A

REOCCURING ALERT,

PLEASE VISIT FULL

SITE

Service Alerts: Mobile ●If a number

appears within

the Public

Service

Messages tab,

this means there

is an alert

●Click on the

Public Service

Messages tab to

see the message

displayed