Transit Screen Display Screen Shot of Real-Time Digital Signage for San Francisco Bay Area

“The San Francisco Bay Area was an obvious next step for Transit Screen, with its similar culture of carless living, abundance of transportation options and the transit agencies open data policies.”
-Matt Caywood, President of Transit Screen

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) July 22, 2013

Transit Screen officially announces the launch of the first multimodal transportation information display in the San Francisco Bay Area. Transit Screen displays communicate aggregated, real-time transit feeds at any location with a single, cloud-based display.

Transit Screen displays feature all major transit agencies within the San Francisco Bay Area, including: San Francisco Muni (Buses and Muni Metro), AC Transit (Oakland, Alameda County) and BART. Transit Screen also includes minor agencies, such as Emery Go Round and Dumbarton Express.

Washington, D.C. was the starting city for Transit Screen because of its “complex mix of subway, walking, bicycling, bike sharing, buses, car sharing, and taxi services,” stated Matt Caywood, President of Transit Screen. “The San Francisco Bay Area was an obvious next step for Transit Screen, with its similar culture of carless living, abundance of transportation mode choices (including the new Bay Area Bike Share) and transit agencies that pioneered open data policies.”

The requirements to host a Transit Screen display are Internet access (Wi-Fi or wired), a power connection and a display screen (7” to HDTV).

Vice President Ryan Croft is relocating to the San Francisco Bay Area following this launch. Transit Screen will continue to build relationships with the local Business Improvement Districts (BIDs), Community Benefit Districts (CBDs) and urban planners in the Bay Area, as well as private businesses, institutions and governments.

“We have a long list of Transit Screen’s top markets, and the San Francisco Bay Area was at the top of that list. I’m looking forward to moving to the Bay Area and building on the successes we had in Washington, D.C.,” remarked Ryan Croft, Vice President of Transit Screen.

Transit Screen currently serves the Greater Washington, DC area and the San Francisco Bay Area, with plans to cover multiple other major North American cities in 2013.

About Transit Screen

Transit Screen develops web applications and digital signage solutions for mobility and transit. Transit Screen is a live display of all transportation options at a given location (Bus, Train, Bike share, et al.). Transit Screen currently serves the greater Washington, DC area and the San Francisco Bay Area. Three primary markets served are private businesses (commercial real estate developers, residential buildings, property managers, hotels, stadiums, arenas), institutions (colleges, universities, hospitals and health centers) and governments (federal, state, local governments, municipalities, transit agencies, and business improvement districts [BIDs]). Transit Screen is a solution for Transportation Demand Management (TDM) programs to create sustainable, walkable, bike-able cities of the future. http://www.transitscreen.com

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