Indra will manage Monterrey's public bus network and optimize its safety

The SAE solution that Indra will implement for Ecovia will improve transport management, security and service offered to citizens. It comprises a control center from which you can know in real time where each vehicle in the fleet is located, view images of the on-board cameras, managing information and making decisions in case of incidents.

Indra has been contracted to update the bus fleet management system operating in the city of Monterrey (Mexico). The contract includes the supply, installation and implementation of a new Exploitation Assistance System (Sae) for Ecovía, as well as technological support and maintenance.

The multinational will implement in Monterrey the most advanced version of its SAE system for the control of the fleet of 80 buses running in exclusive lanes in the center of the main road of the Lincoln-Ruiz Cortines Corridor, which will improve efficiency, safety and quality of service provided to the four million inhabitants of Monterrey.

Ecovia is a fast-traffic bus system that has 80 eco-friendly buses, air-conditioned and equipped with specialized technology, covering 30 miles from Lincoln Terminal, in Monterrey, to the Valle Soleado integration terminal, in Guadeloupe.

Indra's solution comprises a single control center equipped with the most advanced technologies, from which you can know at all times where each vehicle in the fleet is located, see the images of the cameras on board, manage the information provided to users and make real-time decisions in the event of incidents, need for reinforcements or any deviation from planned service.

This will be done through geographic information systems, the team boarded on the buses, system control center and mobile communications infrastructure, with 3G technology, with which Indra's solution has.

In addition, allows you to generate reports and graphs to improve knowledge of the service, facilitate the measurement of quality parameters, in order to better adjust it to the real demand of citizens, increase performance and reduce operating costs.

Benefits for users

Improvements in transport management will also be transferred to citizens, benefited from higher quality service, better information and safer transport thanks to new technology.

Users will be able to get to know, through the multimedia information screens of buses and stations, the following stops, links to other bus or subway lines, incidents or estimated bus arrival times. This information will also be available, in real time, on the web and can be accessed via smartphones. Buses will also have an automated voice system that will keep the user informed of the following stops.

To provide the greatest security and help combat potential cases of vandalism or aggression, the on-board video surveillance system, installed in the globality of the fleet and fully integrated with the SAE, will allow you to record, transmit and view images in real time thanks to the cameras with which the vehicles will be equipped.

The project for the City of Monterrey joins the project developed by Indra in Mexico City, where it has created an advanced control center equipped with its SAE system to manage the fleet of more than 490 Metrobus vehicles.

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