[SatNews] GMV cements its status as a benchmark transport telematics firm by winning and signing a contract for setting up the second phase of the fleet-management system with control center for the entire public transport fleet of the Polish city of Szczecin, Poland’s sixth biggest city with a population of 400,000. It lies in northwest Poland near the German border; the capital of the region is Zachodnio Pomorskie.
Under this 11 million euros contract GMV will supply, install, implement and commission a GPRS-based fleet management system for the whole public transport fleet. It will also install a complete passenger information system involving 80 bus-stop panels; systems for sending information by SMS, Internet and Bluetooth; a ridership-counting system in 40 buses and real-time CCTV plus an electronic purse-card fare-collection system.
The contract also includes installation of the working bases of a modern transport on demand system with connections between towns and villages being made on request. The transport-on-demand system will not only improve the passenger transport service but also encourage people to settle down in country areas and enhance the quality of life and well-being of those living outside the city.
Another feature of this contract is a snowplow tracking and monitoring system called “winter action”, helping to forestall snowfall road blockage. GMV will also supply under this contract a communications network optimization system working from modern server data and customized software. This will indicate new lines, routes or any deviations, improving traffic flow and cutting down bus-stop waiting times.
GMV’s fleet management system, scheduled to be fitted by August 2014, will incorporate state-of-the-art tracking technology, GIS and mobile communications for providing a complete range of control functions, service regulation and management and passenger information systems. GMV is also setting up intelligent transportation systems in the other Polish cities of Warsaw, Tri-City (Gdansk, Gdynia, Sopot), Bydgoszcz, Czechowice-Dziedzice, Lodz, Nowy Sacz and Torun.