Chicago Transit Authority Jumps on the Wi-Fi Train February 20th, 2008

Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) announced last week that they have successfully deployed a solar-powered Tropos wireless mesh network in its rail yards. CTA employees will use the shiny new wireless mesh for mobile maintenance record keeping. The CTA expects the MetroMesh solution to drastically increase worker productivity and decrease their effect on the environment by using paperless records transmitted over the high-speed network.

Before the wireless mesh was available, CTA employees routinely inspected each rail car at more than 10 of their rail yards, the largest of which holds over 280 railcars. Now, inspectors are able to do this automatically through the use of hand-held computers working with the wireless mesh like a huge hotspot. Inspectors can scan railcar identification barcodes for more accurate records.

Congrats, Chicago Transit Authority!

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2 Responses to “Chicago Transit Authority Jumps on the Wi-Fi Train”

  1. Jackson Candith
    February 25th, 2008 at 3:53 pm

    Any idea if the CTA will be offering Wi-Fi at their stations any time soon? That would be great. Nice Story.

  2. admin
    February 28th, 2008 at 4:57 pm

    Jackson,
    Thanks for your comment! We did a little research and don’t see any mention of the CTA providing Wi-Fi at their stations any time soon. Perhaps we’ll talk with them. :)