The key elements of building a smart Road Studs city in the future must include a smart and efficient transportation Road Studs system. Due to the financial difficulties faced by governments in most countries, the upgrading of the existing transportation Road Studs system is the most likely option for the authorities to build a smart Road Studs city.
Upgrade of ticketing system
London is currently researching new train and signal control systems to expand the capacity of the subway, which also shows that the city's passenger system is in a bottleneck period.
Cubic is working on an automatic ticket gate system, which can use infrared sensing sensors installed on the top of the gate to count crowd flow, automatically assess the flow of passengers entering and leaving the station, and automatically configure ticket gates to reduce congestion at the station. The company is also striving to realize the monitorability of passenger flow inside the subway, and transmit the information to the control center, which finally publishes the passenger flow status inside the subway car, and guides the passengers on the platform to gather in the empty car, thereby balancing the subway train. of passengers.
The movement speed of people in public areas is the main factor to improve the efficiency of the entire transportation hub.
For example, people stopping to read a map and learn how to navigate at a station may slow down crowds and may even lead to queues. Using face recognition technology, Cubic can monitor the people in the area, and automatically analyze the factors that cause the slow movement of people.
Cubic's newly developed Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) system will combine face recognition technology and connect the biometric database by activating Bluetooth and RFID technology to quickly identify passengers entering the station. The background system will also automatically calculate passengers based on the identification information. the cost of the journey.
The system is currently being piloted in Paddington, one of the busiest railway stations in the UK. According to statistics, the average passenger throughput of the station has increased from 25 to 50 per minute, which has greatly improved the station's turnover efficiency.
No gate access
Of course, if face recognition determines that the passenger has not registered for the service, the passenger will not be able to pass, and the system will automatically record events such as unrecognized faces, and create an event report with time, date and location. As the database information continues to grow, the information of multiple fare evaders will be locked. Once the individual is identified, the transportation operation department can take fines or prosecution to recover the loss.
Like other transport systems, the London Underground offers travellers a variety of options for getting from A to B. Research has shown that passengers are generally used to planning their itineraries using the routes given on the map, even if these plans are not the quickest and most reasonable. To improve the situation, Cubic is working on an interactive map with its own 65-inch touchscreen. As long as the user selects a destination, the map will present the most convenient route map based on the current location, and automatically generate a QR code and transmit it to the user's smartphone.
