Taiwan News
Date: 2018/08/02
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
(photo courtesy of the PTO)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News)—Taipei’s Public Transportation Office (PTO) will install solar-powered smart bus stops at selected spots across the city in recent days as a part of a pilot program, the agency announced in a news release on Wednesday (August 1).
The PTO said that it has been pushing to convert as many traditional bus stops into smart ones as possible, but as some bus stops are not connected power lines due to location factor, it is trying out two types of smart bus stops which utilize solar power.
One of the two models, when fully charged, can operate for 14 days without sunlight. The stop’s running display can show up to 4 bus routes at once.
The other model can operate for 30 days without sunlight when fully charged, with the running display being able to show a maximum of 8 bus routes at once.
The battery status of these bus stops can be monitored remotely, and their display units are products of electronic paper technology, which is the first application of its kind, the agency said. [FULL STORY]
