How TTC uses training simulator to train safer operators.
Published on October 6, 2017
‘Any training moment we can dream up’ “Here we can create any training moment that we can dream up,” Lionel Jordan explained, “like training somebody in August how to operate in a snowstorm.” Read the full article on CBC here
FAAC Builds Industry’s First Vertical Screen Array for Transit Driving Simulators New Viewing Concept Expands Instructors’ Capability; Adds Functional Realism
Published on September 22, 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Ann Arbor, MI – FAAC’s new vertically optimized screen array is being deployed for the first time after a recent contract award in Ontario. Company engineers have developed a configuration for very large format flat panel monitors, installed vertically to create a ‘sidewalk-to-sky’ viewing angle. The transit application of this engineering … Continued
JTA Unveils Realistic Training for Bus Operators with Simulator
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Nashville MTA Upgrades Simulator Training Department with FAAC’s MB-2000
Published on August 7, 2014
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Ann Arbor, MI Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority instructors may have just taken possession of their new FAAC driver training simulator, but this is not its first bus roadeo. MTA instructors have been using driving simulation as part of their overall training program for years. So when it came time for an … Continued
RGRTA’s Simulator Upgrade Gives Instructors a More Robust Training Platform
Published on June 24, 2014
DFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Ann Arbor, MI – The old adage is that if something is not broken, don’t ‘fix it.’ But as the Rochester-Genessee Regional Transportation Authority (RGRTA) points out, the adage does not say anything about an upgrade. RGRTA recently received a substantial improvement to its transit operator simulation system by its original … Continued
Busy First Quarter for FAAC Transit Simulator Deliveries Reasons for Purchase are Varied, but Benefits Have Wide Appeal
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Ann Arbor, MI FAAC’s engineers and installers have had a busy spring filling orders for new and upgraded transit driver training simulators from agencies across the country. New driving simulators are headed to: • TAPS in Sherman, Texas; • LYNX in Orlando, Florida; • MTA in Nashville; • Capital Area Transit … Continued
New TAPS training simulator to have regional appeal
Published on May 7, 2014
By Nate Strauc Herald Democrat Writing government grants is a lot like fishing. You bait the hook with data and statistics, cast the line into the great bureaucratic unknown, and then you wait. For quasi-governmental agencies like TAPS Public Transit, those fishing lines can look more like financial lifelines, and the more lines you have … Continued
FAAC Breaks New Ground with Low-Cost, High-Fidelity Rail Simulatorns
Published on July 1, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Ann Arbor, MI The advent of the new, portable FAAC MR-1000 Municipal Rail Simulator means that agencies on a budget now can obtain a powerful hands-on training solution. The MR-1000 simulator makes a small physical footprint but meets the most demanding rail operator training objectives for a variety of rail types, … Continued