MTC to introduce electronic display system soon

MTC to introduce electronic display system soon

The Hindu

It will be set up at 80 bus shelters along routes covered by Volvo services


BANGALORE: The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) will soon introduce electronic display of passenger information at 80 bus shelters along the routes being covered by Volvo services.

It will offer real-time information with the help of Global Positioning System (GPS) and Geographic Information System (GIS), according to BMTC officials.

While GIS will digitally map the city's road network, GPS will enable tracking of vehicle movement and its exact location at a given point of time with the help of a satellite. GPRS helps in the communication of data so collected between the control room and the display units.

Volvo buses are being operated along five routes — between Kempe Gowda Bus Station (KBS) and Kadugudi; KBS and Electronic City; KBS and JP Nagar 6th Phase; Shivajinagar and ITPL; and Central Silk Board and Hebbal.

The units will display the arrival timings of Volvo as well as other buses plying on the route.

The corporation had selected two private firms — Aum Infotech and Versabyta Data Systems — after closing the technical bid. It has almost completed technical evaluation of the system being offered by the companies, which have installed two prototype boards at Domlur and Corporation bus stops. Financial bid would be opened soon and those who would offer the lowest bid would be selected, the officials said.

As of now, BMTC has fitted GPS equipment in 700 of its own buses and 350 hired buses. It is now being used to track the movement of vehicles, especially hired ones, and the data are retrieved once in four hours. Officials said 1,500 more BMTC buses would get GPS equipment shortly.

The display unit, which provides arrival timings with the help of stored data, would be able to display real-time information once the system becomes online after deploying GPS, GIS and GPRS.

The officials said it was entirely the responsibility of the selected firm to operate the units while BMTC would provide only the data required. If the bus shelter had power connection, the companies would use it or else solar power, they said. The corporation will pay the service charge. MTC to introduce electronic display system soon

Staff Reporter

It will be set up at 80 bus shelters along routes covered by Volvo services



PASSENGER FRIENDLY: A file picture of the electronic display system at a bus shelter at Domlur in Bangalore.

BANGALORE: The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) will soon introduce electronic display of passenger information at 80 bus shelters along the routes being covered by Volvo services.

It will offer real-time information with the help of Global Positioning System (GPS) and Geographic Information System (GIS), according to BMTC officials.

While GIS will digitally map the city's road network, GPS will enable tracking of vehicle movement and its exact location at a given point of time with the help of a satellite. GPRS helps in the communication of data so collected between the control room and the display units.

Volvo buses are being operated along five routes — between Kempe Gowda Bus Station (KBS) and Kadugudi; KBS and Electronic City; KBS and JP Nagar 6th Phase; Shivajinagar and ITPL; and Central Silk Board and Hebbal.

The units will display the arrival timings of Volvo as well as other buses plying on the route.

The corporation had selected two private firms — Aum Infotech and Versabyta Data Systems — after closing the technical bid. It has almost completed technical evaluation of the system being offered by the companies, which have installed two prototype boards at Domlur and Corporation bus stops. Financial bid would be opened soon and those who would offer the lowest bid would be selected, the officials said.

As of now, BMTC has fitted GPS equipment in 700 of its own buses and 350 hired buses. It is now being used to track the movement of vehicles, especially hired ones, and the data are retrieved once in four hours. Officials said 1,500 more BMTC buses would get GPS equipment shortly.

The display unit, which provides arrival timings with the help of stored data, would be able to display real-time information once the system becomes online after deploying GPS, GIS and GPRS.

The officials said it was entirely the responsibility of the selected firm to operate the units while BMTC would provide only the data required. If the bus shelter had power connection, the companies would use it or else solar power, they said. The corporation will pay the service charge.