National Bus Company Rolls Out Smart Tracking System
The National Bus Company is turning to technology to improve the way it serves the traveling public. Today, the company unveiled a new telematics system that will be installed across its fleet, allowing management to track vehicle performance, monitor driver behavior and improve overall efficiency. NBC says the initiative is aimed at enhancing passenger safety while modernizing public transportation services nationwide. Minister of Transport Dr. Louis Zabaneh explains how technology works and what it means for commuters.
Louis Zabaneh
Dr. Louis Zabaneh, Minister of Transport
“We’ll be able to monitor the bus from a control room any- and know where it is on the highway system across the country and be able to tell things like the speed of the bus. Also to see if there are any standees in the bus, what’s happening inside the bus, monitor the performance of the driver and the conductor. That is a very, very important, innovation for us as it helps us with managing the operations of the company and also with, of course, providing better service to our commuters that are our customers. The two buses you are seeing here were refurbished in 2016, so you’ll see them for yourselves. And we have a new category called premium, right? So we’ve had the express buses and of course the regular runs. The premium now will be for buses that are seven years or younger, meaning that we want the highest quality buses. They’ll have Wi-Fi and all of that. These buses are still not in that category yet, but these will be for express runs. And again, it’s just information to the public that NBC is doing what it said it would do and hopefully by August, September, we could get in most of those twenty buses that we are planning to bring in.”
The Ministry hopes the new technology will eliminate standees on national roads and ensure better performance of drivers and conductors.
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