Digital video surveillance increases safety in public transport

Patrick Anderson, Director of Business Development in the Transportation Area of ​​Axis Communications, ensures in this article that network video solutions help transport entities improve operational efficiency and protect passengers, to workers and assets.

A change in the way of acting from being reactive to proactive in the face of the events that occur daily in passenger transport is the main benefit that authorities have when jumping from an analog to a digital system.. Network video solutions help transportation authorities improve operational efficiency and protect passengers, workers and assets.

In the past, when investigating an incident on the transport network, Managers had to spend hours locating it and then watching videotape images; Nowadays, with the digital system, files with the relevant images can be found almost immediately.

In addition, Transport authorities can connect all their security cameras in stations, garages, trains, bus, etc. with security center; and access live images in HDTV quality from any camera at any time and share them with intervention resources, the police and authorities. This allows the detection, prioritization, efficient response and investigation of the many and diverse incidents that occur daily on a transportation network.

Using a centralized video surveillance system with real-time functions makes thefts, vandalism or property invasion are detected in time and can be evaluated in the security center thanks to live video as the events occur. Authorities can respond to the incident with appropriate resources.

The most favored with this change from analog to digital are the people who use the public transportation system daily., benefiting from a greater sense of security. And for the authorities, surveillance systems have helped them attract more passengers, to minimize service interruptions and reduce expenses due to vandalism and metal theft. With real-time monitoring, it is now possible to make an informed decision on how to appropriately respond to each incident, as well as making passengers and workers feel safe.

Patrick Anderson

Director of Business Development in the Transportation Area of Axis Communications