The state transit authority says that its new computer system, bought to help run its para-transit program and now almost fully operational, is a success, improving scheduling and reducing the number of workers needed.

The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority’s new system largely automates the complicated job of scheduling 150 vans that make nearly 3,000 trips per day carrying the elderly and disabled to doctors’ appointments and other errands.

Full Story: RIPTA’s automated computer system improves scheduling, saves money Source: Providence Journal, June 25th, 2009 Author: Bruce Landis Added on June 25th, 2009 at 1:30 pm, by Matt Mikula