The GLONASS satellite communications system on Monday started operation on Vladivostok’s municipal transport. The satellite equipment is installed in all 78 Vladivostok municipal buses, trolleybuses and trams, as well as in dozens of buses of commercial carriers. At the next stage passenger boats, ferries and more than two hundred commercial buses will also be equipped with this system. The press service of the city administration told Itar-Tass that the data on urban transport are transmitted to the control complex, where the manager is watching routes, motion graphics, speed and fuel consumption. In addition, the satellite map shows all the bus stop zones entering which the stops’ names are automatically voiced in the passenger compartment. Read More
