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In 2015, Community Transit, based in Everett, WA, needed to upgrade their aging Land Mobile Radio (LMR) communication solution. They soon realized with their efforts to enhance their fleet, they would need a communications system that could keep up with technology and withstand the test of time.

When LHTL switched to the Celrado Dispatch Console, not only did they experience a substantial increase in the quality and ease of use of the software compared with a prior solution, but they also gained a trusted partner in Clever Devices.

Lee McClelland, Program Manager at Pittsburgh Regional Transit, shares how his agency has been utilizing the CleverMetrix Real-Time Reporting Solution from Clever Devices.

Over 50% of the top transit agencies in North America choose Clever Devices. Hear from a few of our agency partners about why they chose to work with us as their ITS provider.

Brandon Policicchio, Chief Customer and Business Development Officer at Greater Dayton RTA, discusses the impact that the agency's new real-time passenger information system, powered by BusTime®, has had on customer satisfaction and the overall customer experience.

Your agency could save millions with Celrado VoIP. Enhance, compliment, or replace your LMR communications with our IP-based mobile communication solutions. Celrado seamlessly integrates with your existing radio, or functions as a standalone solution to meet all your communication needs for less than half the cost of a traditional LMR.

When Greater Dayton RTA decided to put a free shuttle in place to transport workers and students between downtown Dayton and the university, they partnered with two local employers to help fund the service. In turn, these partners run free, hyperlocal advertisements on CleverVision.

TAPS enables you to communicate with your passengers in real time. Using GPS technology and scheduling data, TAPS calculates the real-time arrival time of your trains for specific stops and routes that you can share with your passengers in many ways.

Whether you’re an executive needing to monitor high-level Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) or a power user generating detailed reports, CleverInsights gives you all the tools to clean, validate, visualize, and report on your ridership levels to make data-driven decisions, improve your service, and exceed your passenger’s expectations.

With SmartYard® you can easily visualize and manage the workflow of vehicles throughout the depot, increasing efficiency from pull-in to pull-out.

CleverInsights gives you all the tools to clean, validate, visualize, and report on your ridership levels to make data-driven decisions, improve your service, and exceed your passenger’s expectations.

Bill Bethia, Director of Information Technology at Milwaukee County Transit System, talks about the importance of cybersecurity in the public transit industry and why your ITS vendors should be practicing good cyber-hygiene as well.

Since switching to Celrado, Community Transit has noticed significantly lower operational costs than the previous land mobile radio system, experienced almost no downtime since launch, and is planning to scale the solution with their agency as they look to add new routes and service in the coming years.

IRJ Editor-in-Chief Kevin Smith speaks with John Santamaria of Clever Devices and Alex Pacquet of Alstom on the rise of alternative traction in the rail industry as well as the latest trends in passenger experience and the shift toward predictive maintenance for rail vehicles.

Transit agencies are facing increasingly severe ransomware and other cyber attacks that threaten to cripple national security as well as cause disruption to the riders that depend on public transit. How prepared are you to fend off these kinds of cyber-attacks?

Build your complete ITS solution piece by piece as funding allows with Clever Devices. Our modular approach to transit technology allows you to grow sustainably to meet your agency's changing needs.

There are many reasons to choose Clever Devices as your agency's ITS partner. With over 35 years of experience as a transit technology leader, we're a proven partner you can trust to innovate, listen, problem-solve and support you.

When your passengers don't have access to accurate, up-to-date information, it can impact their whole day. With CleverVison from Clever Devices, digital signage built specifically for rail environments, you can keep your passengers informed and happy.

With EVMS, you can easily manage all your vehicles within the ITS ecosystem you already own and that your employees are already familiar with. There’s no need to toggle between systems or pay for an expensive solution that doesn’t support your entire fleet. We’ve built EVMS considerations into the core of our ITS solutions.

As you gradually transition to electric vehicles, the odds are that you’ll be managing a mixed fleet for the foreseeable future. With EVMS, you can easily manage ALL your vehicles within the ITS ecosystem you already own and that your employees are already familiar with.

With Electric Vehicle Management Solutions (EVMS) from Clever Devices, we take the guesswork out of blocking, vehicle assignment, charge management and managing the service throughout the day. And, because we’ve built EVMS into the core of many of our solutions, your employees are already familiar with the tools, making the transition simple.

Climate change is a global emergency. Reducing our carbon footprint is one of the most important ways we can mitigate the effects of climate change and help protect the environment. Clever Devices is committed to delivering environmentally-friendly Intelligent Transportation solutions to help transit agencies reduce their carbon footprint today and well into the future.

With CleverMetrix Real-Time Reporting Solution, anyone in your organization can tailor a landing page to their specific role and needs with no CAD/AVL training required and monitor the metrix that matter most.

With CleverMetrix, all your departments have access to the same real-time data, which they can customize on an easy-to-configure dashboard to monitor the KPI’s most important to their role and make more informed decisions to improve service in real time.

With CleverMetrix Real-Time Reporting Dashboards, business intelligence is your most powerful tool. Leverage the data your system is already generating to monitor the data points that matter most to you in real time.

Learn about the full breadth and expertise of Clever Devices' rail solutions, designed specifically with public transit in mind.

When your passengers don't have access to accurate, up to date information, it can impact their whole day. With CleverVison from Clever Devices, digital signage built specifically for transit, you can keep your passengers informed and happy.

Clever Devices exhibited at the 2021 APTA EXPO in Orlando, FL from November 8-10. Throughout the event Clever Devices representatives met with over 250 customer and prospective customers from 110 unique agencies. Among those visitors to our booth was FTA Administrator, Nuria Fernandez.

Regardless of whether you are migrating from one provider to another, or adding a net-new solution, it is critically important that you consider engaging your ITS provider as early as possible in the process to ensure a seamless transition.

How do agencies keep those for whom bus ridership is a lifeline safe while putting plans and technology in place to encourage others to safely return to transit when their employers call them back to the office?

When Community Transit needed to replace their aging Land-Mobile Radio system with an affordable communication solution that would integrate with their existing CAD/AVL solution, they turned to Clever Devices. “Going with a VoIP solution saved us about $13mil - 50% of the original capital budget and it also saves us about $600k a year on our operating budget”

What happens if your CAD/AVL solution doesn’t support interlined routes? Quite simply, much of the “hands-free” automation benefiting your system users may be diminished.

When the University of Michigan needed a new ITS solution to enhance service quality and increase customer satisfaction, they knew they needed a true ITS partner, not just another vendor.

Clever Devices' occupancy management solutions can help your agency better control passenger loads and provide your riders with much needed peace of mind.

Clever Devices partners with you to design a solution that works just for your agency. Whether you need an integrated ITS solution all at once, or prefer to add technology in phases, our solutions are designed to be modular, so you can build your ITS ecosystem as funding allows.

Clever Devices' occupancy management solutions can help your agency better control passenger loads and provide your riders with much needed peace of mind.

When Brampton put in place its vision for the future, enhancing its public transportation infrastructure played a critical role. Transit technology solutions, like AVM, have contributed to achieving that vision.

Take a visual look at how MAIOR’s four powerful algorithms can help your agency simplify planning, optimize scheduling and address real-time service changes, while controlling costs.

An affordable, reliable VoIP communication solution designed specifically with transit agencies in mind. Celrado is a solution your agency can depend on, no matter what.

Communicating with your riders has never been easier. Learn how CleverVision Onboard Digital Signage can transform the way your agency communicates with the public.

The MAIOR Transit Scheduling Suite is a powerful and integrated software solution that simplifies and optimizes your planning and scheduling process to ensure that you are creating reliable service in the most economical manner possible.

Watch the webcast on demand to learn more about how you can use Celrado to keep in communication with your fleet no matter where you are.

With over 30 years in public transportation, serving over 250 customers and powering over 30,000 vehicles, our experience has taught us that commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware is the right choice for a variety of solutions, but powering your core fixed-route ITS infrastructure should not be one of them.

CleverAnalytics is a comprehensive solution that provides Business Intelligence for operator behavior and is designed to identify cost- saving opportunities and maintain a safe riding experience. CleverAnalytics compares vehicles and operators performing the same work, which allows the user to accurately diagnose areas of inefficiency.

Now, possibly more than ever, you need to keep your passengers up-to-date of the ever-changing situation. You passengers will be looking to you for information while riding your vehicles and the best way to inform them is visually.

As your ridership decreases, you need to adjust your service to meet demand while creating new announcements for those riders who are depending on the service you provide.

John Clauson, Executive Director and Ellen Gustafson, Operations Director at Kitsap Transit discuss how the agency increased efficiency and expanded service with MAIOR Transit Scheduling from Clever Devices.

As your ridership declines and you adjust your schedules to meet demand, it’s more important than ever to keep those riders who can’t stay home informed. Clever Devices is pleased to offer this refresher training on the emergency communication features of BusTime solution.

The CleverCAT suite is a powerful Communications Analysis Tool (CAT) that evaluates the cellular and LMR RF coverage in a specific area to determine the degree of variability of voice and data performance throughout the service.

Clever Devices offers wayside signage for a variety of installation locations and environments designed to integrate with your BusTime information feed to provide arrival information and bulletins to your waiting passengers. "Talking Signs" help make transit accessible to those with disabilities.