IT’S BUS SHELTER LOVE…
Movies have been made and songs have been written about bus shelters and bus shelter love. Now these iconic structures have their own mobile apps and live activity dashboards to ensure the romance continues.
Ensure your bus shelters are safe and clean for the traveling public and always know how they are - whether it is just a few shelters and stops or hundreds or thousands. It starts with an App (see photo examples in the panel on the right if on a desktop, or scroll down if on mobile) that can be translated into almost any language if needed, providing the ability to collect “Before and After” photos and notes of the cleaning work performed at the shelter, the GPS location, date and time stamp. Once uploaded, a custom PDF report (photo examples in the panel) is generated and sent to those who need to know.
Access your MapToTrack Data Portal (see more information below) which shows you where everyone has been and when, plus PDF reports, which can be downloaded and edited if needed. Other information, such as user device, location and operating system are available in the Data Portal.
Add an optional Live Activity Dashboard as an operations center for administrators and managers to have an at a glance visual monitor of activity. Additional analytics dashboard views can be created, showing repair needs, graffiti locations, etc.
How it works:
The App: collects the location, “Before & After” photos and notes of the condition of the shelter before and after janitorial and maintenance work is performed. The photos are date and time stamped and are taken within the app so everyone is at their best. Areas of interest in a photo can be highlighted with in-app photo tools (see example below) to focus on a safety hazard, structure damage, graffiti, or other needed repair. The app works online and offline. Reports are immediately generated and distributed to those with a need to know, accessed in the Data Portal and stored for retrieval in Microsoft Windows Azure servers. Contractors and employees quite like to take lots of photos to show their work, which is what it is all about. There is no limit to the number of photos stored in the data portal - although we do recommend downloading 12 month’s of reports on an annual basis if retrieval past a year is desired.
App Photo Tools enable the user to highlight issues showing Before and After conditions.
Choose one of several available designs:
A Map App where gps coordinates open the app and “Before and After” Photos with notes are taken.
A Routed App showing shelters in a route the shelter/stop crew follows in order throughout the day. Note: Google Maps directions from stop to stop can be added at additional cost.
A Drop Down List App showing a listing of shelters to choose from.
2. The MapToTrack Data Portal: is where the uploaded information resides. Both activity location maps and reports, plus user device and location are available here.
Press on one of the markers to open the corresponding report as shown below.
PDF Report. User can type or dictate notes below each photo.
Add repair information in the app to harvest repair data in an optional Analytics Dashboard to better understand how shelters wear throughout the year by seeing patterns of damage, graffiti or other condition.
Apps are encrypted, work online and offline and can be modified as routes change. All records are uniform and organized for review - no more digging for texts and photos from disparate sources. Records needed for slip and fall or graffiti litigation are easily accessible.
3. Optional Operational and Analytics Dashboards: The operational dashboard as shown below is photo intensive so you can see activity right away. If the app is collecting repair information, an analytics dashboard can be provided so repair items can be studied to identify trends. Data can be sorted by employee, contractor, shelter, date, repair type and other data added to the app, such as corridor, line, etc. Apps and dashboards are fully customizable.
Live activity at your fingertips.
Dynamic Analytics from uploaded App Data
4. Powerful Return on Investment:
Check our page on “Let’s Do the Math” to see how quickly the MapToTrack investment improves productivity and significantly reduces costs. In a nutshell, the total spend is less than an hourly worker’s monthly pay. The savings gets very powerful in half that time and almost embarrassing after that. Consider the elimination of manual paperwork, record transcription, report creation with photo insertion, report distribution, searching file boxes for old reports, etc.
The cost savings are fast and kind of embarrassing
Customized to Your Operation
View the Photos above for examples
What our Customers Have to Say…
“MapToTrack is a huge asset to RTD and its contractors. It has provided a sustainable alternative to quality control procedures and enhanced our ability to review reports in real time and on the fly. Once the work is completed, we have the information at our fingertips with photos and GPS locations. It has made the QC process paperless, immediate, and trackable. It is an incredibly valuable tool for RTD and its contractors.””
“MapToTrack is a game changer for us. We have saved a great deal of time and money using the system. There is never any question about our quality. We have implemented the system for all of our customers since being the first RTD contractor to roll it out in 2016. Before MapToTrack, we were submitting at least a ream of paper reports monthly certifying our work with photos. The reports had to be reviewed, of course, before we were compensated. Now we get immediate feedback, more timely compensation and we can make modifications to our procedures as needed. This is particularly useful during snow removal season because conditions can be documented immediately so RTD knows what the conditions are at a certain elevation and time of day. Elevation and storm path conditions can change in minutes within RTD’s vast serving area. The documentation supports us in slip and fall litigation which has been very helpful. We also publish our apps in Spanish for members our workforce so everyone has the tools they need in the language most comfortable for them. We feel very supported and powerful as a team with MapToTrack”
Give it a Try! Sign up for a trial to see how simple the app is to use. Provide us with a list of 10 of your bus shelters and we will get it set up for you!
Priced for Agencies, Schools and Small Business:
Purchase Card Priced And on Sale!: our pre-designed Bus Shelter Love Apps, customized to your operation, are provided with a one time development price starting at $195.00. Live Activity Dashboards pricing also starts at $285.00. Get in touch with us here to get a demo, sign up for a free 7 day app trial.
Agency Business Models:
Agency Contractors perform bus shelter janitorial work: The agency determines the app design for the shelters and makes the one time purchase of the app. The Agency owns the apps and has exclusive access to the MapToTrack Data Portal. Contractors purchase monthly app subscriptions for their crew leaders who perform the data collection. Volume and monthly discounts are available. PDF reports are distributed to everyone, providing a uniform, instant quality control program for the agency and its contractors.
Agency Employees perform bus shelter janitorial work: The agency determines the app design for the shelters and makes the one time purchase of the app. The Agency owns the apps and has exclusive access to the MapToTrack Data Portal. The agency purchases monthly app subscriptions for their crew leaders who perform the data collection. Volume and monthly discounts are available. PDF reports are distributed to everyone, providing a uniform, instant quality control program for the agency.
Agency employees and contractors perform bus shelter janitorial work: The agency determines the app design for the shelters and makes the one time purchase of the app. The Agency owns the apps and has exclusive access to the MapToTrack Data Portal. The agency purchases monthly app subscriptions for their crew leaders who perform the data collection. Contractors purchase monthly app subscriptions for their crew leaders who perform the data collection.
All models ensure an affordable, uniform quality control system - a huge time saver.
Monthly email-based app license is $25.00 which enables the user to download the app to an Apple, Samsung or Windows device. The license provides access to unlimited apps, photos, videos and voice recordings and reports.
Optional Operational and Analytics Dashboard License is $20.00 which provides access to all dashboards in the client account, which includes optional daily dashboard reports if desired.
Optional Task Scheduling and Dispatch license add on is $3.00 per month if Scheduling, Dispatch and Compliance tools are desired. This fee is added to the Monthly email-based app license described above. Depending on the size of the work force and the scheduling needs, set up fees may apply.
Need other Transit Apps like Bus Inspection, Transit Patrol, Train and Station Inspection?
Like the idea of one uniform quality control system to manage the janitorial work of your shelters, buses, light rail and commuter trains and stations? Contact us to learn about our Total Transit Package. It also includes a Transit Patrol solution for your security team.
Head over here and see what is available off the shelf. Always know that we customize the apps to reflect your agency light rail and commuter rail, trains and stations.
And remember, one monthly or annual email-based app subscription includes unlimited apps, photos, videos, and audio recordings plus administrative access to the MapToTrack Data Portal.