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| − | + | The NBCC Mobile First Technology initiative (MFTi) developed software for industrial client ''ReadyPass'', a Maritime SME focused on automated vehicle location and rider services for public transit, that offers a model for device-independent mobile app and Web services technologies that provide real-time alerting services for transit riders and transit company operators; as well as new revenue channels through advertising. | |
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| + | MFTi has established an ongoing collaboration with industrial client ''ReadyPass'', a company based in Fredericton and Halifax that has develop automated vehicle location technology for public transit operators and a corresponding mobile app for transit riders. In its first project with ReadyPass, MFTi developed an advanced prototype called ''Messaging Service for Public Transit'' that demonstrates the use of progressive Web technologies to provide real-time alerting services to riders and transit company operators. The prototype also demonstrates a means for developing new revenue channels through advertising. | ||
| − | + | This project is one of the first two demonstrations of MFTi’s [[Nbcc_ca_mobi_smart_communities | ''Smart Communities'']] program. This program is designed to foster co-creation among public and private partners of technologies that help cities and residents address life-critical needs. Development of co-creation projects having commercial value began in November 2016 with the City of Fredericton’s CIO. The City has provided crucial domain expertise and data. | |
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| − | + | Maurice Gallant, CIO of the City of Fredericton, stated: “We are working on a smart city initiative with Dr. Bill McIver. Bill is a friend of the City and many of us have worked with him in the past and have been impressed at how he gets things done!” | |
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| − | + | [[File:Nbcc_ca_mobi_screenshot-readypass-00.png | 500px ]] | |
| − | + | File 1. Screen shot of Messaging Services for Public Transit prototype developed by MFTi. | |
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| − | + | [[File:Nbcc_ca_mobi_screenshot-readypass-01.png | 500px ]] | |
| + | File 2. Screen shot of Messaging Services for Public Transit prototype developed by MFTi. | ||
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| − | * | + | '''NBCC Team''' |
| + | * Rezk Bouras & Laura Melles, Research Technicians & NBCC Alumni | ||
| + | * William McIver Jr., Ph.D., NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Mobile First Technology, Principal Investigator | ||
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| − | * | + | * ReadyPass, Fredericton, New Brunswick & Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| + | * City of Fredericton | ||
| + | '''Funders''' | ||
| + | * National Research Council – Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC–IRAP) | ||
| + | * Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada - Industrial Research Chair for Colleges program | ||
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'''Project contact''' | '''Project contact''' | ||
| − | William McIver Jr. | + | William McIver Jr., Ph.D., NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Mobile First Technology, New Brunswick Community College |
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Messaging Services for Public Transit
The NBCC Mobile First Technology initiative (MFTi) developed software for industrial client ReadyPass, a Maritime SME focused on automated vehicle location and rider services for public transit, that offers a model for device-independent mobile app and Web services technologies that provide real-time alerting services for transit riders and transit company operators; as well as new revenue channels through advertising.
Research topics
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MFTi has established an ongoing collaboration with industrial client ReadyPass, a company based in Fredericton and Halifax that has develop automated vehicle location technology for public transit operators and a corresponding mobile app for transit riders. In its first project with ReadyPass, MFTi developed an advanced prototype called Messaging Service for Public Transit that demonstrates the use of progressive Web technologies to provide real-time alerting services to riders and transit company operators. The prototype also demonstrates a means for developing new revenue channels through advertising.
This project is one of the first two demonstrations of MFTi’s Smart Communities program. This program is designed to foster co-creation among public and private partners of technologies that help cities and residents address life-critical needs. Development of co-creation projects having commercial value began in November 2016 with the City of Fredericton’s CIO. The City has provided crucial domain expertise and data.
Maurice Gallant, CIO of the City of Fredericton, stated: “We are working on a smart city initiative with Dr. Bill McIver. Bill is a friend of the City and many of us have worked with him in the past and have been impressed at how he gets things done!”
File 1. Screen shot of Messaging Services for Public Transit prototype developed by MFTi.
File 2. Screen shot of Messaging Services for Public Transit prototype developed by MFTi.
NBCC Team
- Rezk Bouras & Laura Melles, Research Technicians & NBCC Alumni
- William McIver Jr., Ph.D., NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Mobile First Technology, Principal Investigator
Client–Collaborator
- ReadyPass, Fredericton, New Brunswick & Halifax, Nova Scotia
* City of Fredericton
Funders
- National Research Council – Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC–IRAP)
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada - Industrial Research Chair for Colleges program
Project contact
William McIver Jr., Ph.D., NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Mobile First Technology, New Brunswick Community College
