QR Code Press

Smartphone addiction prompts “text walking lanes” in Belgium

06/19/201506/17/2015 Julie Campbell

mobile traffic texting smartphone addiction

People are paying so much attention to texting and so little attention to real life that one city has taken action. Antwerp, Belgium, has become the latest city to join into the trend of protecting its residents who have a smartphone addiction by creating text walking lanes that are meant to keep people from wandering into dangerous situations when they fail to glance up at the real world while they are texting. This may sound as though it is a silly thing to do, but texting while walking has become…

QR codes are being scanned a lot at Antwerp bus stops

04/28/201504/25/2015 Julie Campbell

teen mobile payments texting train bus qr codes

These quick response codes have been designed to provide commuters with handy updated information. Antwerp had previously announced that it would be launching a project that would use QR codes at its bus and tram stops and it is now reporting that throughout the month of March, those barcodes experienced about 56,000 total scans. The Line Antwerp system is extremely satisfied with the successes of its mobile friendly project. The QR codes were first launched in September, at which point they were added to bus and tram stops throughout the…

QR codes help bus riders in Antwerp

07/31/201407/29/2014 John Montgallo

The quick response codes are being used in the city in order to provide real time information to riders. In the public transportation world, QR codes and other mobile technology tools are becoming increasingly popular as a growing percentage of riders now own smartphones, and as the transport systems discover the value and cost effectiveness of these resources. In that light, Antwerp bus stops are now receiving their own quick response codes for riders to scan. De Lijn, the Flemish public transport provider, now has intentions to add QR codes…