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ELERTS platform gives transit agencies 100% compliance with federal rule, boosting safety through employee empowerment

March 5, 2021

WEYMOUTH, Mass. – The Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) mandate that all U.S. public transportation operators have an Employee Safety Reporting Program (ESRP) in place will be enforced beginning July 21, 2021 – the beginning of enforcement having been delayed due to COVID-19. ELERTS ESRP is a simple solution that delivers 100% compliance with this requirement, does more with less and is easy…

BART announces Texting service for riders to report safety concerns

September 10, 2020

ELERTS longtime customer San Francisco BART has announced a Text-A-Tip number which their riders can use to report issues to BART police. Incoming text reports are managed by the same ELERTS management console as dispatchers use to respond to reports sent from the BARTWatch mobile app, developed by ELERTS. BART joins the dozens of ELERTS transit customers who offer multiple…

ELERTS listed as CV19 resource by APTA

September 9, 2020

ELERTS is proud to be part of the APTA COVID-19 Recovery Vendor List for Public Transportation APTA has published a document that contains resources for transit agencies to help combat COVID. ELERTS mobile reporting solution is helping transits and airports stay aware of COVID concerns. Employees and passengers can quickly report COVID-19 issues with the ELERTS system. Some problems are easy to…

ELERTS Helps Keep Airport Restrooms Clean

September 4, 2020

ELERTS Technology Helps Keep Airport Restrooms Clean and Orderly and Working Properly Across America ELERTS is a leader in mobile incident-reporting software technology for airports, mass transit, and cities. Throughout North America, the ELERTS platform, and its easy-to-use mobile reporting tools, empowers, enables, and improves “See Something Say Something” reporting. Our mobile technology is used to quickly report safety and…

A Journey to the New Normal for Public Transportation

March 30, 2020

PUBLIC CONFIDENCE In these times of uncertainty, transit agencies need to restore public confidence in their systems. Riders are worried about unsanitary conditions and being near potentially contagious people. Coronavirus has caused riders to feel unsafe in a way they will not soon forget. It’s more important than ever for agencies to stay in touch with passengers and to continuously…

See Say Now For Business Improvement Districts

July 13, 2018

Today we're proud to announce that Downtown Dallas Inc. (DDI) has launched See Say Now, our app for empowering citizens to help keep their communities safe and clean. ELERTS is already deployed at Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), as the DART Say Something mobile safety and security app. As a result, DDI and DART will be able to coordinate using ELERTS’ system,…

Denver Airport Boosts Safety with ELERTS

July 9, 2018

FOX 31 Denver covers the launch of See Say Airport at Denver International Airport. "First airport in the country to use the ELERTS system." [caption id="attachment_9281" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Click image to play[/caption]

Transit Agencies Best Practices: San Fran BART

July 1, 2018

Our transit agency customer, San Francisco's BART, is doing a great job using social media to communicate to customers about their BART Watch app. Take, for example, this cool video that was promoted across social channels such as Instagram, YouTube and Facebook. This is a great way to show customers how the app works and how easy it is to…

Denver International Airport Launches ELERTS’ See Say Airport

June 22, 2018

Today we’re happy to announce that Denver International Airport (DEN) has launched ELERTS' See Say Airport to enable DEN passengers and employees to directly report safety, security and maintenance concerns to airport authorities. Denver International Airport is the fifth-busiest airport in the United States. With more than 61 million passengers traveling through the airport each year, DEN is one of the…

Transit Agency Best Practices: Interview with Sacramento Regional Transit

May 1, 2018

ELERTS works with over 15 transit agencies throughout North America. While each agency has unique ways to promote their individual apps, we celebrate their efforts and share best practices to help all of our customers increase downloads and engage riders to increase safety. Today, we interviewed Lisa Hinz, Chief of Police Services at the Sacramento Police Department. Lisa directs…