Municipal bus services play an integral role in the transportation structure of nearly every developed city in the world. Typically, local government authorities own such operations. This may include school and private tour busses in addition to public transportation. As the ridership of these commercial buses continues to increase, so will the demand for added security and tolling collection system efficiency. For transportation authorities to satisfy such requirements, they must implement industrial networking. Learn more about how industrial networking is used in municipal buses.

Toll Collection

Without efficient toll collection systems, buses wouldn’t be able to effectively keep to their schedules. For the thousands of people that depend on the reliability of bus systems to transport them to their desired location, this poses a large issue. Fortunately, industrial networking is effective in streamlining toll collection for municipal buses. Industrial networking makes it possible for passengers to quickly pay their fees by scanning preloaded transportation cards. This allows buses to keep to their respective schedules.

Safety & Security

Industrial networking helps enhance the safety of municipal buses in several ways, including facilitating the operation of CCTV cameras. Such cameras capture video footage of the inside and outside of a bus. In addition, they also include sensors that help monitor the vehicles’ acceleration and deceleration to ensure safe practices. Footage and data from sensors will wirelessly download to the central server at the bus depot as vehicles enter them. This will act as long-term storage for the data.

For such CCTV cameras to operate properly, they require industrial Ethernet switches to provide them with power. Using only a 12VDC power source, they can provide 48+VDC to the end device. Due to the unique challenges that electronic equipment faces based on their unique operating environment, industrial equipment is especially essential. By using M12 connectors with a safety locking feature, operators can link devices to avoid the unintentional disconnection of equipment.

PoE switches are also beneficial due to the nature of the environment that such devices reside in—they have a wide operating temperature ranging from -40°C to 75°C. Such an extreme range of operation temperature ensures the Ethernet switch will power up regardless if the heater or air conditioner is running on the bus. As such, respective security and surveillance systems can operate effectively.

Antaira Technologies is a leading provider of industrial networking solutions. Our offerings range from industrial Ethernet switches to industrial wireless bridges. For more information regarding our products, contact us today.