Pune: PMPML and Google Cloud join hands to build an intelligent transit management system for live tracking buses
India, 01, Nov. 2022– PMPML (Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Ltd), the public transport bus service provider for the twin cities of Pune & Pimpri Chinchwad and PMRDA region in India today announced a collaboration with Google Cloud to build an Intelligent transit management system and feed system to track buses live on Google Maps.
PMPML operates 371 routes around the Pune Metropolitan Region including 117 Rainbow BRT routes that ply on the 7 bus rapid transit corridors and this technology will enable commuters to easily find the bus in real time and make their journey easier.
PMPML has hardware installed on their buses which are capable of sending real-time data. With this partnership PMPML is looking to:
● Transition to a globally accepted specification GTFS (General Transit Feed Specification GTFS) for publishing the transit information
● Use any available data from the above to provide insights to their management team on different performance aspects of their fleet
The collaboration will help them ingest real-time data from all applicable buses from the OBU (on board unit) system installed on the PMPML buses. They will further validate the data for GTFS field-values. Then the data will get fed to the Google Maps Partner Dashboard for a complete GTFS validation. Once published on Google Maps, Live Transit Updates service will allow commuters to track buses in real time on Google Maps.
The system will be further extended to include the features of Transport Analytics including asset tracking, predictive maintenance and incident response in the next phase to reduce the operational cost and increase the revenue.
Google Cloud will work through its premier partner Niveus Solutions Pvt. Ltd and others for this engagement.
Shri Om Prakash Bakoria, IAS, Chairman & Managing Director, PMPML exuded optimism on the strategic engagement between PMPML and global technology major Google Cloud. Commenting on the development he said. “This partnership aspires to not only improve commuter experiences but also improve the internal efficiencies of PMPML over time in a scalable and replicable fashion leveraging transformational technologies like Cloud and data analytics. It will change the landscape of the Public Transport System.”
“We are thrilled to work so closely with the PMPML team. I believe this technology has the power to be replicated across different cities and states in India and make life easier for commuters.” said Bikram Singh Bedi, Managing Director at Google Cloud India
About PMPML
Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) has been formed by the merger of Pune & Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s transport undertaking as per
Government Resolution dated 19/4/2007. The company is registered under the Companies Act 1956 as a public limited company headed by Chairman & Managing Director belonging to the IAS cadre. It is the nodal public bus transport authority catering to the residents of Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad and PMRDA region. It operates 2142 buses, including its own and rental buses, over 371 routes and has 15 depots out of which 6 are electric bus depots for its electric bus fleet.
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