Passenger Professional m-ticketing launches for smaller bus operators
Following a successful deployment with Warrington’s Own Buses last year, Passenger launches Professional. Read More
Customer story – Blackpool Transport
Blackpool Transport is dedicated to a modernised, transparent network accessible to all. We’ve been working with the operator since 2017 to make bus travel easier for all and align our products with its inclusivity aims. Find out how we did it! Read More
Increasing customer confidence in buses with vehicle tracking
Since its launch, our RTI service Live Buses has proven to be a huge success for Reading Buses, Yellow Buses and Blackpool Transport. With more deployments to come in 2019, we thought it would be useful to provide a little more insight into what Live Buses does and how it can inspire confidence in the using bus. Read More
Voice technology is integral to the future of bus travel – here’s why
Smart speakers are one of the fastest-growing consumer technologies on the market today. If you’re undecided whether they are a gimmick or present an opportunity, read on to find out why it’s the latter. In the coming years, smart speakers and voice assistants will change the way we live our lives. Read More
A revolution on your wrist: why Passenger is invested in the smartwatch
It wasn’t so long ago that the smartwatch felt destined for the dumpheap of the “fad” – but time’s not up for this technology just yet. Fast-forward a few short months and the numbers – not to mention the movements of tech giants like Apple and Alphabet – tell a different story. Here’s why Passenger remains firm in its dedication to smartwatch development. Read More
Passenger launches Ticket Gifting
Ticket gifting introduces more flexibility to the purchase of mobile tickets at a time when customers are looking for more ways to buy and share their travel. Read More
Customer story – Reading Buses
For 100 years Reading Buses has led the way for municipal operators, thanks in part to a strategy that places technology at the core of its development process. Since June 2018 Passenger has played its own part in this story, using the latest in data-powered, real-time tools to further close the gap between operator and customer. Read More
Passenger adds Google Pay to its suite of Android apps
We’ve added Google’s digital wallet platform and online payment system to our Android apps, opening up more choice for customers to pay and get from A to B. The solution is already in use by the many UK operators who run Passenger-created mobile apps and their patrons who use Android. Read More
Bus Stop Checker – an update on the beta and how the tool works
Bus Stop Checker launched on 29th October. The tool, which visualises our confidence in the accuracy of NaPTAN data, has motivated some great discussions around this open dataset in the public transport industry. It has also generated some interesting feedback, which we’d like to address in this post. Read More
Go-Ahead Ireland Passenger launch introduces revenue protection tools and GTFS input support as standard
Passenger’s first non-UK deployment for Go-Ahead Ireland introduces new revenue protection tools and General Transit Feed Specification input as standard, further expanding Passenger’s ecosystem to overseas operators and authorities who do not employ the TransXChange format. Read More
