Crowding on Toronto’s bus and streetcar routes has long been an issue, and the threat of infection from COVID-19 has sent commuters looking for alternatives. As ridership increases and more people head back to work, the developers of transit tracking app Rocketman have added a feature to track how crowded routes have become, allowing riders to plan their trips accordingly. Transit riders were already worried about crowding before the virus struck, said Luc Hartwick, business lead at Rocketman. “The TTC does have real-time automatic passenger counters, and they use those to determine where and when to dispatch additional vehicles to crowded routes,” he said. Being able to choose when to commute means safer options for others with inflexible schedules, Hartwick said.

Source: thestar July 28, 2020 21:22 UTC