{"id":713,"date":"2010-04-21T14:17:09","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T14:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/transportsdufutur.ademe.fr\/?p=713"},"modified":"2010-04-21T14:17:09","modified_gmt":"2010-04-21T14:17:09","slug":"500-pour-une-localisation-temps-dune-ligne-de-bus-combien-pour-des-minutes-perdues-tous-les-jours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transportsdufutur.ademe.fr\/2010\/04\/500-pour-une-localisation-temps-dune-ligne-de-bus-combien-pour-des-minutes-perdues-tous-les-jours.html","title":{"rendered":"500 $ pour une localisation temps r\u00e9el d\u2019une ligne de bus, combien pour des minutes perdues tous les jours ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">[from <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetizen.com\/node\/43852\"><font color=\"#800080\">Planetizen<\/font><\/a><\/strong>] With the brilliant help of graduates from <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Hoboken<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">&#039;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevens.edu\/\"><strong><font color=\"#005884\">Stevens Institute of Technology<\/font><\/strong><\/a>, our local community shuttle bus (a.k.a. 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