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title: "Partiu cited as a source of information during transport delays | Merus Tracker"
description: "In May 2026, A Voz da Serra cited Partiu's lookup on the Merus domain when covering bus delays in Nova Friburgo. Understand the relationship with the platform."
url: https://merustracker.com.br/en/blog/partiu-informacao-atrasos-transporte/
language: en
updated: 2026-09-14
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Merus in the press

# Partiu cited as a source of information during transport delays

In May 2026, A Voz da Serra cited Partiu's lookup on the Merus domain when covering bus delays in Nova Friburgo. Understand the relationship with the platform.

News from May 6, 2026 · A Voz da Serra

**Byline**

Merus Tracker

**Published on the blog**

Sep 14, 2026

**Updated on the blog**

Sep 14, 2026

**Reading time**

2 min

Bus corridor on Avenida Conde da Boa Vista in Recife, in an illustrative 2013 photograph. Photo: [A. Júnior / Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Corredor_exclusivo_de_%C3%B4nibus_na_Avenida_Conde_da_Boa_Vista_-_Recife,_Pernambuco,_Brasil.jpg) · [CC BY 2.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/). Resized, converted to WebP and cropped for this page.

## Passenger information in the context of delays

On May 6, 2026, A Voz da Serra published a story about congestion and bus delays in Nova Friburgo. The text recorded passenger complaints and the position of Faol, which pointed to traffic as one of the main causes of delays.

In that context, the article presented the Partiu App as an option to look up lines, nearby stops and arrival predictions. The address given was `friburgo.merustracker.com.br/consultapassageiro`.

## Making the trip visible

For someone waiting at the stop, knowing the bus position and arrival prediction can help follow the trip. This information makes the situation easier to understand, but it does not remove congestion or, on its own, solve supply or regularity problems.

It is also useful to distinguish the information shown to the passenger from the analysis done by an operations team. The lookup answers questions about the trip; comparing schedule and execution serves a different management need. In the Merus product, this second perspective is described in [planned versus actual](https://merustracker.com.br/en/plataforma/auditoria/previsto-vs-realizado/).

## What the story documents

The story confirms a new public mention of the lookup hosted on the Merus domain, months after the January coverage. It does not present a performance evaluation of the software, nor does it credit the platform with solving the reported delays.

The relevant takeaway for this blog is the tool's presence among the passenger information channels. Vehicle operation remains the carrier's responsibility. See how Merus presents its ability to [web lookup and ETA](https://merustracker.com.br/en/plataforma/funcionarios/consulta-web-e-eta/).

In public transport, the same logic supports [public transport oversight: trips, kilometres and subsidy](https://merustracker.com.br/en/blog/fiscalizacao-do-transporte-coletivo/).

## Sources for this story

1. A Voz da Serra · May 6, 2026

   ### [Faol points to traffic as the main cause of bus delays](https://avozdaserra.com.br/noticias/faol-aponta-transito-como-principal-causa-de-atrasos-nos-onibus)

   The story covers the delays and presents Partiu's lookup as a passenger information channel.

   Byline at the source: Jornal A Voz da Serra

   [Read original story in A Voz da Serra](https://avozdaserra.com.br/noticias/faol-aponta-transito-como-principal-causa-de-atrasos-nos-onibus)

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