The Fleet Management System (FMS) is a system to manage the network, which, with the help of Global Position System (GPS) satellites, is able to locate the 27 operators of the buses and inter-urban bus lines in the Barcelona Metropolitan Area (BMA). The most notable characteristics of this system include the following: it provides the operating companies more efficient management tools than those they have, it allows for real-time information regarding bus location, and it integrates this information with other bus FMSs and railway traffic control centers already established. This would help the Metropolitan Transport Authority (MTA) efficiently coordinate the management of the interchanges where different bus and railway lines cross. It would also help transport users of these lines keep informed about incidents that affect the service. This will be accomplished through the installation of displays both inside buses as well as at bus stops, stations and transfer points. This information will also be posted on the MTA website. For the covering abstract see ITRD E120462.
Samenvatting