Chennai: The Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) will introduce Global Positioning System (GPS) facility with a couple of further options like sensible cards and electronic ticketing machines (ETM) as part of Intelligent Transport System (ITS), when the government supplies new buses. These new buses could have integrated facility for putting in the GPS.
An previous gadget of GPRS fitted within the buses was broken by the commuters as they kept tampering the software out of curiosity. Thus, it lost its sensor and had to be removed from the buses.
An MTC professional said, “The implementation of the ITS will need new buses, because the buses could have integrated amenities to make stronger GPS equipment. The buses which ply recently within the city don’t have correct amenities.” He also said that “GPS equipment is ready for set up but they're waiting for the new buses to reach”.
The ITS could have a GPS linked to an app, sensible cards, electronic ticketing machines on the buses which may make shuttle more straightforward for the commuters. The GPS will help the commuters to track the buses and get details about bus routes, fare, and arrival and departure timings as the guidelines might be provided through an advanced cellular software. The ETM will get registered within the MTC’s gadget and it'll help the MTC officials to stay a monitor of the collection of commuters boarding the buses because the conductor issues the price ticket. It may also point out the applying users and tell them about the collection of commuters travelling on a specific bus path. Common sensible cards might be provided which can be used for commuting in each metro train and metro bus.
A GPRS gadget was offered at bus stops in 2009 on an ordeal foundation all over the release of low-floor buses. It was fitted with a display board which provided details about the buses, however the gadget didn't work after 2011 and the display forums had been also removed from bus stops. Another attempt was achieved in 2015 on 20 buses. The testing was also finished and they had been making plans to extend it to extra buses but could no longer because it faced a couple of issues of the software which affected the bulletins made inside the buses.
An professional with the making plans and development wing of MTC said, “Through a couple of cellular applications were offered by some non-public folks, the ITS venture from the government will get advantages extra commuters. We could have higher and accurate options within the software.”
An previous gadget of GPRS fitted within the buses was broken by the commuters as they kept tampering the software out of curiosity. Thus, it lost its sensor and had to be removed from the buses.
An MTC professional said, “The implementation of the ITS will need new buses, because the buses could have integrated amenities to make stronger GPS equipment. The buses which ply recently within the city don’t have correct amenities.” He also said that “GPS equipment is ready for set up but they're waiting for the new buses to reach”.
The ITS could have a GPS linked to an app, sensible cards, electronic ticketing machines on the buses which may make shuttle more straightforward for the commuters. The GPS will help the commuters to track the buses and get details about bus routes, fare, and arrival and departure timings as the guidelines might be provided through an advanced cellular software. The ETM will get registered within the MTC’s gadget and it'll help the MTC officials to stay a monitor of the collection of commuters boarding the buses because the conductor issues the price ticket. It may also point out the applying users and tell them about the collection of commuters travelling on a specific bus path. Common sensible cards might be provided which can be used for commuting in each metro train and metro bus.
A GPRS gadget was offered at bus stops in 2009 on an ordeal foundation all over the release of low-floor buses. It was fitted with a display board which provided details about the buses, however the gadget didn't work after 2011 and the display forums had been also removed from bus stops. Another attempt was achieved in 2015 on 20 buses. The testing was also finished and they had been making plans to extend it to extra buses but could no longer because it faced a couple of issues of the software which affected the bulletins made inside the buses.
An professional with the making plans and development wing of MTC said, “Through a couple of cellular applications were offered by some non-public folks, the ITS venture from the government will get advantages extra commuters. We could have higher and accurate options within the software.”
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