(19 Sep 2020, 6:24 pm)Adrian wrote NESTI supported smart ticketing machines for smaller operators - GCT is specifically mentioned in this article: https://www.nesti.org.uk/nesti-news/succ...-day-event
But from what I've understood previously, the vast majority of on board technology - AVL, Plug (or USB) sockets, WiFi, etc, has been at operators own expense. According to the fleet list, GNE for example have 480 out of 686 buses fitted with free WiFi. Even if the installation of that was supported by public money, I very much doubt the ongoing cost of providing the service is. Even if each bus used 10GB of data a month on average, that's 4.8TB of data they're getting billed for.
Open data deadlines are the end of the year / early January - https://www.gov.uk/government/collection...ta-service
I've shared links on here in the past and will try and find them again. But they show the funding allocated to operators for on-board enhancements such as WiFi or AVL.
The open data service being a result of the AVL roll-out/funding.