Thanks to satellite technology, it is possible to manage the fluency of pubblic transport traffic, as proved by TPL / Swisscom / TEQ project. Source: Corriere del Ticino, 24 October 2006

TPL (the Public Transport Company of Lugano) implemented a system which, with the aid of mobile communication technologies, gives the passengers a better service with more punctual buses and always updated information. On-time arrivals/departures at/from bus stops, adherence to timetable and to connections among different lines' journeys are more and more important elements in public transport offer. Source: Swiss Money, October…

TPL (the Public Transport Company of Lugano) implemented a system which, with the aid of mobile communication technologies, gives the passengers a better service with more punctual buses and always updated information. On-time arrivals/departures at/from bus stops, adherence to timetable and to connections among different lines' journeys are more and more important elements in public transport offer. Source: Swiss Money, October…

A system against bus delays. It is impossible to get off at the wrong bus stop: thanks to the new information system giving both visual and acoustic advice, passengers know exactly where they are and when they have to get off. In these weeks, users have realized that the service has evidently improved, with great advantage above all for tourists…

This system is entirely planned, co-ordinated and managed by a team of Cotral engineers co-operating with companies such as Maior, Incar and TEQ, with the international company Oracle and with bus suppliers such as Irisbus and Bredamenarinibus. The AVM system will be applied to the whole Cotral fleet within the month of December and this will be a great step…

Gps control will be compulsory starting from 2007. Teq can supply a system which is already compliant. Monitoring the road transport of tanks containing hazardous goods is the latest need to grant safety, as per article 1.10.3 Adr 2005. It is therefore necessary to equip tanks with a GPS location system which constantly informs the operations centre about the vehicle's…

An electronic eye keeps a watch on Taboga trucks. In this way it is possible to know where they are and to certify deliveries. Nowadays there is much interest in the possibility of using electronic systems to aid driving, but also in the use of electronics for transport companies to manage and monitor their fleets. Source: Rivista Vado e Torno, January…

A day in the operations centre of Conerobus in Ancona in order to know the capacities of the diagnostic and location system installed in their busses.. Ancona, Conerobus garage, 6.15 in the morning. The first drivers on shift take their place in the buses. They insert their badge in the reader and, once they are identified, the operations centre assigns…

Multiplex net, already present on all heavy trucks, is now at its 2nd phase, i.e. easier communication outwards and data storage in one single format. Once upon a time, there was the so-called Controller area network, better known as Can bus or multiplex system. Later on, in the late Nineties, five of the most important European trucks contructors (Iveco, Man,…