Transit : Innovation & Job News

Troy's Altair Engineering is teaming up with Automation Alley to develop two prototype high-tech buses that will be delivered to SMART and DDOT in 2008.

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The project will see Automation Alley and Altair, which develops software for manufacturing and grid computing, develop two prototype buses that are lighter, more fuel efficient, environmentally friendlier and easier to maintain than the existing state of the art.

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The Ann Arbor Transit Authority has begun offering up-to-the-minute route information accessible via the internet and  web-enabled mobile phones and PDAs.

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The RideTrak system is accessible via AATA’s Web site at www.TheRide.org, through the “Routes and Schedules” menu item. Mobile RideTrak can be found through a Web-enabled mobile phone or PDA at mobile.TheRide.org.

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WWJ has launched Michigan Future, a blog that reports on the culture of innovation in Michigan.

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