In the city of Lutsk (Ukraine), public transport was equipped with GPS devices

    And not only equipped, but also made a web page on which users can see where each of the 262 buses is located, which operate on 32 routes of the city.
    Lutsk was ahead of not only Kiev and Lviv in this matter, but also Vinnitsa, where they have long been talking about the introduction of such a system. This is the first (of the known to us) Ukrainian regional centers that introduced such technologies to almost all public transport.



    The Transport and Communications Department of the Lutsk City Council, which is involved in the project, reported that the buses equipped GPS even on March 19. An interactive map web page is here: www.mak.lutsk.ua/guest
    With such data, now it is possible not only to plan personal trips, but also based on the accumulated data in the future, add up “accessibility maps” of the city (how long can you get to each point) and optimize traffic flows: data from minibuses allow you to determine, for example, whether it’s slowing down or accelerating movement at a certain time in a certain place.
    We really hope that Kiev and other cities will be able to make such a service at home in the near future. In the meantime, we sincerely congratulate the city residents and their city authorities on the new useful

    UPD service : inlanger user kindly shared links to the Android application for this resource
    Paid version and free version

    UPD1: readers of this article collected links to similar web services in other cities:

    Kazan: www.doroga.tv/kazan/transport openkazan
    Murmansk: troll51.ru kinitko
    Dnepropetrovsk: transit.in.ua sergebezborodov
    Novosibirsk: habrahabr.ru/post / 94557 KAdot
    Ekaterinburg: online.ettu.ru/map/trams ASP
    St. Petersburg: transport.orgp.spb.ru alexxxst
    Ryazan: www.bus62.ru Sudak
    Astrakhan: www.busapt.ru geakstr
    Arkhangelsk: www.appp29.ru Vagrant
    Barnaul: traffic22.ru terrance
    Omsk: bus.admomsk.ru iamAnton
    Astana: infobus.kz NoorBall
    Irkutsk: irkbus.ru Palehin
    Yaroslavl: www.ot76.ru ltwood

    Original article in Ukrainian

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