Following a competitive procurement, New York’s Westchester County selected GMV to upgrade its transit technology platform to deliver more efficient service, better oversight of operations, and improve the customer experience on Bee Line buses.

Brining ITS to Westchester County

In this project GMV will deploy the new ecosystem of ITS products for public transport, GMV Hub (EP200) and ITS Suite, which it has been developing in recent years for the European market and has successfully deployed in ATM Barcelona, Xunta de Galicia, Granada, and Baix Llobregat.

On each Bee Line bus, the company will install the GMV Hub, a rugged vehicle computer that is specifically designed and built by GMV for transit systems to ensure robust performance and long service life.

The GMV Hub uses an open architecture to control a range of onboard systems including GPS, bus operator touchscreen, automatic passenger counters, next stop announcements, and a dedicated sensor for precision tracking in indoor bus depots.

The GMV Hub also functions as a digital video recorder (DVR) to store footage from security cameras on each bus. The multifunction device significantly reduces the project’s equipment cost and delivers great value to the County, according to GMV officials.

How GMV’s ITS Suite Works

ITS Suite is GMV’s cloud native software that delivers a suite of applications from GMV and its partners to enhance the County’s visibility and control of their bus operations.

Each app is focused on a key transit function, and all apps are integrated for real-time data exchange: 

• Planning and scheduling software will generate an optimized set of routes and schedules to serve customers as efficiently as possible and reduce operating costs.

• Dispatch software enables control center staff to monitor the entire fleet and take quick action to keep buses moving.

• Garage management software will choreograph bus movements inside the depots to ensure vehicles are ready for service.

• Video management software enables live remote viewing of bus cameras and secure storage and playback of video evidence.

• GMV uses a modern technical architecture built on cloud computing, microservices, and application program interfaces (APIs) making collaboration with other solutions possible.