Abstract: A passenger detection system is provided for a vehicle having at least one opening to allow passengers to enter and exit the vehicle. The passenger detection system includes a plurality of passenger detection devices placed on opposed sides of the at least one opening to detect passengers entering and exiting the vehicle through the at least one opening. The passenger detection system also includes a plurality of passenger number devices placed on at least one side of the at least one opening to detect the number of the passengers entering or exiting the vehicle through the at least one opening.

Abstract: A message display monitor for a bus is disclosed in combination with a bus destination sign. A changeable alphanumeric destination sign (10) is automatically controlled by a control system (16) to display a selected message from a message memory (14). The message is selected by a manually actuated selector (12) which addresses the memory (14) according to a manual input which is specified in a look-up table which contains multiple messages. An electronic alphanumeric display monitor (18), specifically an LED display, is connected with the message memory (14) through a monitor control system (20) so that it will show the bus driver the message selected from the memory.