Technology You Can Use
Attention Penn State Altoona students! AMTRAN’s new myStop technology can tell you when your bus will be at your stop either on the internet or on your mobile phone. You don’t have to stand out in the rain or snow and wonder where your bus is.
Online – Just click the myStop logo above. You are just two mouseclicks away from getting real-time information on any bus in AMTRAN’s system. Click on your route, then click on your bus stop. GPS technology will tell you when your bus will arrive.Mobile phone – Just dial 944-1200 and punch in your bus stop number (206# for the Hawthorn shelter). myStop will tell you when your bus will arrive.
(You can find your bus stop number on the sign at your stop or by clicking on your stop location on the online myStop map for your route.)
To see a video about myStop by Penn State Altoona graduate, Sam Wagner, just click on the myStop video button on the right.
Michael and Sallie have been using the bus service as their primary source of transportation for over twenty years. Due to physical handicaps they are both unable to drive, and are left with no other realistic means to get around town. Almost all of their travel for shopping and other needs is possible because they can use the bus service.
When asked about how they would deal with the possible reduction or loss of the bus services provided by AMTRAN in Altoona, Sallie said, “We would be in quite a predicament.”
Michael and Sallie also find security and assurance in the safety they feel when riding an AMTRAN bus. “It is very comforting when we traveling by bus, because we feel safe with our AMTRAN driver behind the wheel. They are all experienced, courteous, and friendly. It is hard for us to think about what are lives would be limited to without bus transportation.”
Michael & Sallie K.
