Trapeze rides high on public transport’s app revolution

Developments in apps and other software have the potential to transform many aspects of public transport delivery, Peter Bell, transport software firm Trapeze’s technology and innovation director, tells Geoff Dudley

Geoff Dudley

28 April 2017

Peter Bell

Trapeze worked with Gloucestershire County Council to develop a talking app to help the partially sighted use buses

An ability to interact with customers through apps is going to have a huge impact on our industry, and will change the way that local transport is provided over the next decade,” says Peter Bell, technology and innovation director for transport software provider Trapeze. “It’s a fairly obvious point, but nevertheless crucial, that traditional operators underestimate the speed at which things will flip. The generation of those who can’t or won’t use a smartphone is...