The core thrust of smart city transformation is the concept of a “smart bus” promising to elevate road safety, operational efficiency, and passenger satisfaction.
What a smart bus needs is vehicle telematics data which can bring far-reaching changes in driver management, asset management and passenger services. Additionally, time, costs and efforts must be considered to ensure successful, largescale implementation on smart buses. This article discusses how smart bus services can be delivered for cost-sensitive bus carriers with compact vehicle terminals like NEXCOM’s VTC 6221 powered by Intel Atom® processor x7-E3950. Moreover, we analyse the data extracted using the telematics data from the in-vehicle VTC 6221 and deliver extended applications by integrating it with real-time communication, multi- display passenger information, bus announcement and other systems. They are solutions in delivering a high cost-performance value, ultimately, reshaping the landscape of the transportation industry.
Smart Cities Need Smart Bus Services
By 2050 the world population is anticipated to reach 9.7 billion (United Nations, 2019), and approximately 68% are expected to be living in urban areas (United Nations, 2018). Thus, meticulous planning of bus services is significant when it comes to maintaining and increasing ridership. Large populations positively correlate to city traffic; exacerbating problems like long travel time, unexpected delays and road collisions. This could result in frustrating passengers and in other road users blaming bus services, ultimately ruining their reputation. As for local governments, simultaneously keeping cities lively and thriving and achieving environmental sustainability is a difficult balance to accomplish.
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