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New Flyer Connect® is Supporting
Data-Driven Smart Cities with
Advanced Performance Analytics
18 | Mass Transit | MassTransitmag.com | JULY/AUGUST 2018
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New Flyer of America Inc. (New Flyer)
is constantly building upon its legacy of industry
leading innovation, and a key area
of its focus is enabling smart mobility in
transit throughout North America. More
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New Flyer is supporting the smart mobility
transformation: New Flyer Connect®
(CONNECT).
CONNECT is progressive technology
that provides smart city connectivity to
enhance transportation mobility.
What is CONNECT?
It’s exclusive on-board telematics
technology from New Flyer that communicates
real-time GPS and analytic data to
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cy, safety, and preventative maintenance.
First introduced in 2011, CONNECT is currently
installed on over 6,500 New Flyer
transit buses throughout North America.
CONNECT is now standard on every new
zero-emission Xcelsior CHARGE™ battery
electric bus, and optionally available
on all New Flyer models.
How Does it Work?
CONNECT monitors all vehicle on-board
controllers and databus systems, while
recording GPS location to enable remote
real-time monitoring and to allow two-way
communication with the bus. CONNECT
utilizes cellular communications and stateof
the-art cybersecurity technology to
send and receive data. Cloud-computing
provides valuable performance analytics,
anytime and anywhere – whether on
a laptop, desktop, or (newly-introduced)
CONNECT mobile app from any mobile
smartphone or tablet.
How it Leads to Real
World Payback for
Transit Authorities.
San Francisco Muni (Muni) recently
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further reduce bus idling while parked,
with the objective of minimizing noise,
fuel consumption, and emissions. New
Flyer implemented an engine shutdown
Simply put, “livability” is the element of a
community that makes people want to live there.
It is the result of several factors that add up to
create a community’s quality of life.
By David Warren, Director, Sustainable Transportation and
Lindy Norris, Director, Marketing Communications, New Flyer of America
/MassTransitmag.com