All data related to 25 lines, over 670 stops and 2100 departures of city buses in Podgorica have been updated and are available to users of the "Google maps" application, which greatly facilitates the use of public transport, the capital city announced.
"In the previous period, the capital city made a number of significant steps forward in the field of digitization of services, which greatly facilitates the performance of administrative procedures, as well as the use of services provided by the capital city. A special focus is placed on public transport and the continuous improvement of this type of service ", they said from the capital.
"Data on Google maps has been available for a long time, but due to various variations in departures on certain lines, where each departure does not follow the same route, different timetables per day and a significant amount of data that needed to be processed, it was necessary to update the data, and that work was is very complex and extensive," they added.
They said that the development of a new system for managing city transport is underway, which is also planned with some new functionalities, "such as real-time data on the position of the bus on Google maps, the possibility of online purchase and top-up of tickets and a number of other possibilities".
"This is another important step on the way to the digitization of services, especially in the context of the functionality and affirmation of city transport in Podgorica. The capital will remain committed to the popularization of public transport in the coming period, compared to cars, and to the overall solution to the issue of traffic jams in the city," he concludes. in the announcement.
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