Category: Web apps
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Upgrading Network Information: Enhancements for apps and websites
To improve the accuracy and usability of bus network information across Passenger apps and websites we have made a number of changes to our suite of journey planning capabilities. To make stop activities clearer to customers we have updated timetables, departure boards, and the journey view (accessed from a departure board) across apps and websites…
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Enhancing Things to Do on websites
We are updating Things to Do across operator websites to improve how attractions are surfaced. This will make it easier for customers to discover and browse things to do in their local area. Previously, attractions were displayed on one row which would scroll horizontally. Now all attractions will be displayed to make it easier to…
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Fares in Journey Planner in apps and on websites
As previously communicated before Christmas the new Fares in Journey Planner capability will be released to customers across operator apps and websites on Monday, 12th February 2024. Launch partners should now be coming to the end of feature onboarding with their CSM and will be receiving their launch packs this week. All other operators should…
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Unleashing knowledge with Passenger Academy
As unveiled at our customer event, Passenger Live!, yesterday — we’re thrilled to unveil a groundbreaking addition to support the Passenger experience — our brand-new online training platform, Passenger Academy! This new service is designed to take your success to the next level. Elevating your Passenger journey with Academy Our community is the heart of…
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Announcing Fares in Journey Planner
Designed to satisfy one of the largest gaps in the customer experience, we are close to the culmination of an innovative programme of work from the last few months. We are excited to announce that from Monday, 12th February 2024, users will be able to see fares for the journeys they are planning. This makes…
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Showing cancelled journeys on departure boards
Operators now have the choice of displaying cancelled journeys on departure boards, so they can provide clarity for customers by making it explicit that a specific journey is cancelled. Operators can configure their journey cancellation settings in Passenger Cloud by navigating to Network, Journey Cancellations, and then selecting a new Settings option from the left-hand…
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Improving Favourites on websites
Favourites on operator websites have been made more useful for customers by the addition of supplementary information. This quality of life improvement also means that Favourites on the web now more closely reflect the app experience. It’s now much easier for customers to identify their favourite stops with the addition of the stand identifier and…
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Ensuring visibility of policies during user sign up
So that users are aware of the Terms and conditions associated with the platform’s usage, we ask them to read and accept them on the app’s first launch. To ensure users are reminded of the policy should they later decide to create an account, we have added a link to it on the account sign…
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Providing customers with more accurate journey plan options
We’re improving our journey planner to better align with how bus routes are planned by operators. As a result, we will no longer show journey plans that suggest passengers should board buses at stops which are designated in the TransXChange dataset specifically as alighting only stops. Operators will not need to re-upload their network datasets…
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Updating Twitter icons to X
Three months have passed since the social media platform previously known as Twitter rebranded as ‘X’, meaning many users will be familiar with the new name and logo. To keep current with the latest branding for the social media platform we are updating all Twitter icons across operator websites to the ‘X’ icon. This change…