using technology to advance customer service improvements
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NorthEast Passenger Transportation Conference and Expo 2015
Using Technology to Advance Customer Service Improvements
Thursday March 26th 2015
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Overview• Serving Bridgeport and the surrounding region with public FR and DR bus
service• 20 local, express and interregional routes• Commuter and transit connections to Rail (Bridgeport, Derby, Stratford,
Fairfield), Ferry (Bridgeport) and other public bus services (Norwalk, Milford)• Special door-to-door service for seniors and riders with disabilities• 57 Fixed route buses• 200 employees
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Tech Implementation Needs
• Public Outreach & Communications• Customer Service• Planning & Service Development• Security and Resilience
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Public Outreach & Communications• Social Media–Facebook–Twitter
• Email Newsletter• Feedback Forms• Polling/Surveys• Bi-lingual
(English/Spanish)
• Real-time Bus Info–Bus Tracker–Trip Planner
•Website–Alerts (Text & Email)
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Impact• Increase in rider
feedback & involvement in public planning process• Increase in community
partnerships & cross-promotion• Uptick in mass media
sharing
• Increased engagement in all digital formats• High use & growth of
real-time info• Increased website use• Community awareness
& improved perception of brand
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Internet Engagement
SHARING
Data cited is for 2014 calendar year, unless otherwise noted.
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Sharing Example
Mass MediaSHARING to
37,260followers
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Social Media Management Tools
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Customer Service (On-Board Experience)
• Online Forms for Comments or Complaints (Automatically Databased)
• AVL Tracking• On-board Surveillance• Investigate like an accident
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Impact• Easy for customers to give feedback• More detailed investigation and response• Specific topics for operator training• Improved information for performance review and
correction• Identifying requests for new services disguised as
complaints
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Customer Service ToolsOnline Report It Form – All entries are automatically databased
Email Autoresponder
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Planning & ServiceDevelopment
• Automatic Passenger Counter (APC) data for boardings and alightings
• Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) data for travel times, cycle length and connecting times
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Impact
• Service improvements through correction to travel times
• Ongoing service refinements through APC data• Data for long range planning• Identification of shelter locations through APC
data• Shift from “data-free analysis”
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Bus Usage Heat Map
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Planimetric Data Overlay
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Route Change Comparison
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Cycle Length Review
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Security
• Facility Surveillance System/Real Time Remote Monitoring
• Veoci – Web-Based Virtual Emergency Operation Center
• Myguardtrax.com
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Virtual EOC
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GuardTrax
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Nextiva
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Impact
• Improved management of facilities• Improved and productive relationships with
other community organizations• Improved response to community needs
(hurricanes, blizzards, fires)
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Metrics
• Ridership• Preventable Accidents• Trips Per Service Hour• Productivity• Complaints
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Ridership
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Preventable Accidents
Per 100,000 miles
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Productivity
Boardings Per Service Hour (October)
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Complaints
Gross Complaints per 100,000 boardings
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Northeast Passenger Transportation Conference and Expo 2015
Using Technology to Advance Customer Service Improvements
Thursday March 26th 2015