GMV wins a new Poland contract

GMV cements its status as a benchmark transport telematics firm by winning and signing a contract for setting up the second phase of the fleet-management system with control center for the entire public transport fleet of the Polish city of Szczecin.

Szczecin is Poland’s sixth biggest city with a population of 400,000. It lies in northwest Poland near the German border; the capital of the region is Zachodnio Pomorskie.

Under this €11-million contract GMV will supply, install, implement and commission a GPRS-based fleet management system for the whole public transport fleet. It will also install a complete passenger information system involving 80 bus-stop panels; systems for sending information by SMS, Internet and Bluetooth; a ridership-counting system in 40 buses and real-time CCTV plus an electronic purse-card fare-collection system.

The contract also includes installation of the working bases of a modern transport on demand system with connections between towns and villages being made on request. The transport-on-demand system will not only improve the passenger transport service but also encourage people to settle down in country areas and enhance the quality of life and well-being of those living outside the city.

Another feature of this contract is a snowplow tracking and monitoring system called “winter action”, helping to forestall snowfall road blockage.

GMV will also supply under this contract a communications network optimization system working from modern server data and customized software. This will indicate new lines, routes or any deviations, improving traffic flow and cutting down bus-stop waiting times.

GMV’s fleet management system, scheduled to be fitted by August 2014, will incorporate state-of-the-art tracking technology, GIS and mobile communications for providing a complete range of control functions, service regulation and management and passenger information systems.

The contract-signing ceremony, held on Wednesday 12 June in Poland, was attended by Weronika Malek, GMV’s Business Development Manager in Poland, and Juan March, GMV’s General Manager of Transport and Mobility. Representatives of the city of Szczecin included its Deputy Mayor, Mariusz Kądziołka, and representatives of the Road and Transport Authority.

As well as Szczecin, GMV is also setting up intelligent transportation systems in the other Polish cities of Warsaw, Tri-City (Gdansk, Gdynia, Sopot), Bydgoszcz, Czechowice-Dziedzice, Lodz, Nowy Sacz and Torun.