PUBLIC TRANSPORT operator Transit Systems is building up its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities through a telecoms and cloud overhaul, according to its service provider, recently.
Transit Systems – the largest operator of metropolitan public bus services in Australia, it states – is now able to, “… monitor, analyse and take action on live data as NBN migration continues and privatisation drives enhanced technology,” states Macquarie Telecom, part of Macquarie Telecom Group.
Macquarie’s mobile SIM cards are being used across Transit Systems’ entire staff to monitor data including driver performance, acceleration, ticketing information, engine diagnostics and more in real time, explains MAQ. This data is fed into Macquarie’s data centres and cloud services, which power AI for deep analysis and insights to improve the transport network, it adds.
“Historically, a bus…