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Where's my bus? Smart phone program will give real-time routes to NJ Transit riders
Travelers at the airport get a screen that lets them know when their plane is expected to arrive.
Passengers at the rail terminal get a schedule board to see when the next train will pull into the station.
Riders at the bus stop get uncertainty.
"You’re standing here thinking, has the bus come and gone? Is it 25 minutes late, or did I just miss it?" Ellen McKinley said as she waited for the next bus at Princeton Shopping Center. "Once in a while, they come 2 or 3 minutes early. Whenever I’m late, they come 2 or 3 minutes early."
Beginning Thursday, the guessing game will end for bus riders — by far the largest segment of New Jersey’s mass transit ridership.
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