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Yard management of bus depot
Controlling all activities on a bus depot.
Detailed fleet information
 A public transport company based in the South of Europe has realised a TRANSIT identification system to identify buses and drivers. The company required a system that could provide detailed information about their fleet:
- Access control of the bus depot
- Information about individual buses concerning:
- Condition, fuel consumption, km recording, maintenance, location etc.
- Entrance/exit information
- Availability
- Information about drivers
- Driving behaviour (damage, fuel consumption, tickets
- Work-hour registration
- Who was driving which bus at what moment?
Operating principle
The buses are identified and recorded at the entrances and exits of the depot in order to control access to the premises and register in- and outgoing vehicles. The system enables the organisation to directly monitor if the buses have left the premises on time according to the schedule. Moreover the buses are identified at the fuelling station, cleaning area, maintenance area and parking zone in order to identify where each bus is located.
 All company vehicles have been equipped with a tag, mounted on the windscreen of the vehicle. All employees have a personnel badge containing personal data used for work-hour registration. When an employee takes a company vehicle, he inserts his own badge (with driver-ID) inside the Combi-Booster (where the vehicle-ID is located). In this way driver-ID and vehicle-ID are combined.
The reader will give the possibility to open the barrier and to record the bus lines ONLY with the presence of both codes. The position of the readers and the reading distance of the TRANSIT give vehicles the possibility to move inside the depot in a NON STOP mode. This results in a high convenience level for the customer.
Software
The management software is centralised in the reception area and distributed in the establishment network through ODBC or Windows. The software allows the recording of bus lines with date and arrival/departure time. The system is also enabled to work when the central PC connection fails, then allowing the readers to work on stand-alone mode. The system will keep all the transactions with date, time and event until the connection is re-established.
Complete solution
Nedap was able to offer the customer a complete solution. The combination of inductive (short range) and microwave (long range) technology offered the customer a high level of convenience. Moreover Nedap was able to integrate the existing personnel badges in the system in combination with our microwave technology. The system offers the company the possibility to manage their fleet. It provides detailed information about their fleet, which enables them to plan the schedule and vehicles in the most efficient way.
Benefits
- Possibility to use existing badges
- Data collection about vehicles
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