<s>
MTA	B-Application
Bus	I-Application
Time	I-Application
,	O
stylized	O
as	O
BusTime	B-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
Service	B-Application
Interface	I-Application
for	I-Application
Real	I-Application
Time	I-Application
Information	I-Application
,	O
automatic	O
vehicle	O
location	O
(	O
AVL	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
passenger	B-Application
information	I-Application
system	I-Application
provided	O
by	O
the	O
Metropolitan	O
Transportation	O
Authority	O
(	O
MTA	O
)	O
of	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
for	O
customers	O
of	O
its	O
bus	O
operations	O
under	O
the	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
Bus	O
and	O
MTA	O
Bus	O
Company	O
brands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
tested	O
in	O
late	O
2010	O
and	O
officially	O
launched	O
in	O
early	O
2011	O
,	O
MTA	B-Application
Bus	I-Application
Time	I-Application
was	O
installed	O
in	O
all	O
MTA	O
bus	O
routes	O
in	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
by	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
uses	O
Global	O
Positioning	O
System	O
(	O
GPS	O
)	O
technology	O
equipped	O
in	O
buses	O
to	O
relay	O
real-time	O
location	O
information	O
to	O
passengers	O
via	O
internet-enabled	O
devices	O
(	O
particularly	O
smartphones	B-Application
)	O
,	O
SMS	O
messages	O
,	O
or	O
countdown	B-Application
clocks	O
installed	O
at	O
bus	O
stops	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MTA	B-Application
Bus	I-Application
Time	I-Application
allows	O
riders	O
to	O
track	O
the	O
location	O
of	O
buses	O
along	O
a	O
route	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bus	B-Application
Time	I-Application
is	O
also	O
integrated	O
into	O
countdown	B-Application
clocks	O
installed	O
at	O
several	O
bus	O
stops	O
throughout	O
the	O
city	O
,	O
displaying	O
how	O
many	O
stops	O
away	O
the	O
next	O
bus	O
is	O
,	O
to	O
serve	O
riders	O
without	O
internet	O
devices	O
or	O
mobile	O
phones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
Bus	B-Application
Time	I-Application
system	O
uses	O
on-board	O
GPS	O
and	O
wireless	O
communication	O
units	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
cost	O
of	O
about	O
$	O
20,000	O
per	O
vehicle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
hardware	O
is	O
provided	O
by	O
two	O
companies	O
,	O
Verifone	O
and	O
Cubic	O
Transportation	O
Systems	O
,	O
with	O
GPS	O
devices	O
supplied	O
by	O
Trimble	O
Navigation	O
,	O
and	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
called	O
OneBusAway	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MTA	O
uses	O
the	O
same	O
servers	O
as	O
Amazon.com	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
technology	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
technology	O
used	O
for	O
countdown	B-Application
clocks	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
Subway	O
system	O
(	O
called	O
Subway	O
Time	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bus	B-Application
Time	I-Application
is	O
also	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
MTA	O
to	O
create	O
performance	O
reports	O
for	O
bus	O
routes	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
bus	O
dispatchers	O
and	O
managers	O
to	O
monitor	O
and	O
improve	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
technology	O
is	O
called	O
Bus	B-Application
Trek	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mass	O
transit	O
system	O
of	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
any	O
sort	O
of	O
arrival-time	O
information	O
system	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
installation	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
subway	O
and	O
bus	O
countdown	B-Application
clocks	O
in	O
the	O
2000s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
would	O
have	O
included	O
countdown	B-Application
clocks	O
and	O
interactive	O
kiosks	O
at	O
stops	O
,	O
and	O
recorded	O
"	O
next	O
stop	O
"	O
announcements	O
on	O
buses	O
(	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
modern	O
subway	O
cars	O
and	O
the	O
still-used	O
Clever	O
Devices	O
system	O
used	O
on	O
the	O
ex-MTA	O
Long	O
Island	O
Bus/NICE	O
Bus	O
units	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1999	O
,	O
the	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
Department	O
of	O
Transportation	O
(	O
NYCDOT	O
)	O
planned	O
to	O
launch	O
a	O
tracking	O
and	O
countdown	B-Application
clock	O
program	O
on	O
the	O
route	O
(	O
then	O
privately	O
operated	O
under	O
a	O
DOT	O
subsidy	O
by	O
Green	O
Bus	O
Lines	O
)	O
along	O
Queens	O
Boulevard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
summer	O
2005	O
,	O
a	O
$13	O
million	O
contract	O
was	O
awarded	O
by	O
the	O
MTA	O
to	O
Siemens	O
for	O
a	O
pilot	O
countdown	B-Application
clock	O
program	O
at	O
fifteen	O
stops	O
along	O
the	O
same	O
six	O
bus	O
routes	O
in	O
Manhattan	O
of	O
the	O
previous	O
NYCT	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
project	O
also	O
experienced	O
delays	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
first	O
countdown	B-Application
clocks	O
operational	O
by	O
October	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2009	O
,	O
countdown	B-Application
clocks	O
were	O
installed	O
at	O
eight	O
stops	O
for	O
the	O
and	O
crosstown	O
buses	O
along	O
34th	O
Street	O
in	O
Midtown	O
Manhattan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
14	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Bus	B-Application
Time	I-Application
web	O
service	O
,	O
also	O
developed	O
by	O
Clever	O
Devices	O
,	O
was	O
launched	O
along	O
the	O
route	O
using	O
the	O
same	O
GPS	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
transition	O
of	O
the	O
two	O
routes	O
into	O
the	O
M34	O
and	O
M34A	O
Select	O
Bus	O
Service	O
in	O
late	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
countdown	B-Application
clocks	O
were	O
removed	O
by	O
the	O
contractor	O
in	O
April	O
2012	O
,	O
and	O
were	O
replaced	O
with	O
the	O
current	O
Bus	B-Application
Time	I-Application
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
pilot	O
route	O
for	O
the	O
most	O
recent	O
iteration	O
of	O
MTA	B-Application
Bus	I-Application
Time	I-Application
was	O
the	O
in	O
Brooklyn	O
,	O
where	O
thirty	O
buses	O
were	O
equipped	O
with	O
the	O
technology	O
in	O
February	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
five	O
boroughs	O
of	O
the	O
city	O
used	O
the	O
system	O
by	O
March	O
2014	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
mobile	B-Application
app	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
