Init integrates Nottingham’s public transport systems

Init, public transport ITS and ticketing systems supplier, is working with Nottingham City Transport’s (NCT) in the UK on a US$3 million contract to supply smart ticketing, planning and duty rostering systems. The project will provide an integrated solution that includes Init’s paper ticket printer Printmobil, which, with touch on/off smart card validator Proxmobil2, will be controlled by the existing on-board computer Copilotpc, alongside Init’s touch screen driver interface Touchit which currently fo
September 9, 2013 Read time: 2 mins
511 INIT, public transport ITS and ticketing systems supplier, is working with Nottingham City Transport’s (NCT) in the UK on a US$3 million contract to supply smart ticketing, planning and duty rostering systems.  

The project will provide an integrated solution that includes Init’s paper ticket printer Printmobil, which, with touch on/off smart card validator Proxmobil2, will be controlled by the existing on-board computer Copilotpc, alongside Init’s touch screen driver interface Touchit which currently forms part of the automatic vehicle location control (AVLC) and real time passenger information (RTPI) systems.  This integrated solution will allow for simplified on-bus architecture, providing drivers with one single point of control for all ticketing, AVLC/RTPI and voice communication functionality as well as for all on-board peripherals including Init’s passenger information systems: LED display Pidmobil, multimedia TFT display Pidvisio and audio announcements.

The back office system enables sales data recorded during the day to be automatically uploaded via WLAN to Init’s clearing and ticket management system Mobilevario. Operational data which is already handled by Init’s multi-client AVLC and RTPI system Mobile-ITCS and the evaluation tool Mobilestatistics will also be passed to the planning software Mobile-Plan which generates real time performance data into the planning cycle, as well as automated timetable/duty planning to enable informed decision-making based on best case scenarios, allowing maximisation of vehicle output and cost saving as.  

Init’s duty planning and rostering system Mobile-Perdis is designed to automatically synchronise duties with Mobile-ITCS to enable NCT to optimise staff productivity and avoid unnecessary unused and over hours, whilst the web-based gateway and mobile dispatching features allow for maximum flexibility.

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