One of the biggest challenges facing taxi services is convenience. While passengers can usually step out their door and find a ride within a matter of minutes until recently, taxis tended to be cash-only enterprises. When ride-share companies burst onto the scene with their pay-in-app model, it quickly became a much more attractive option for passengers… Read more…
One American water and wastewater utility realized that as technology advances, their reliance on such applications and devices continued to increase. Unfortunately, their aging field service vehicle fleet was experiencing incidents related to network congestion and limited bandwidth resulting in partial and complete failures to connect that required in-person remediation…. Read more…
Many sheriff’s offices rely on Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) to deploy their resources across a wide geographic range. When calls come into 9-1-1, they often enter a CAD system, which can be integrated with automated vehicle location (AVL) for quicker response times. In order for… Read more…
With three restaurants, a refrigerated warehouse, and a dozen delivery vans working to service a 20 mile radius, they were running into logistical issues. They needed a solutions that would help them track their fleet, improve driver and vehicle safety, monitor in-vehicle refrigeration units to guarantee freshness, and… Read more…
When Pierce Transit, a public transport operator in Pierce County near Seattle, wanted to replace their land-based radios, their IT team realized that in-vehicle cellular broadband was the next logical step. Serving 292 square miles, Pierce Transit required reliable connections for their CAD and AVL systems, DVRs for on-board cameras, and… Read more…
It falls to logistics managers at regional and national trucking firms to oversee programs aimed at reducing costs and ensuring compliance with existing and new local and federal trucking regulations. To accomplish these tasks, logistics leaders need to be able to access fleet vehicle information at any time, from anywhere, in real-time… Read more…
For law enforcement organizations that depend on field forces and mobile networks, the Cradlepoint R1900 mobile router provides a ruggedized GNSS/GPS-enabled in-vehicle network solution. Combined with a Netcloud Mobile Performance plan it provides threat management, web filtering, application visibility, analytics, and functionality including… Read more…
The majority of vehicles deployed by law enforcement agencies are designed to be as visible as humanly possible. With lights flashing and sirens blaring, the objective is to ensure their presence is known. Some departments however, their goal is the opposite. They need their vehicles to keep a low profile, and go unnoticed while… Read more…
While every rail service hopes to ensure riders enjoy the most pleasant travel experience possible, their foremost mission is to provide the safest riding experience and environment possible. In recent years, tragic accidents have called attention to the need to ensure that
safety remains one of fundamental principles of the transit industry… Read more…
Captain Diaz is a seasoned firefighter in charge of a fire department in a medium sized city. There are numerous industrial and chemical plants within the city, and Captain Diaz wants to vastly improve her fire and rescue teams ability to respond to especially rough environments under extremely hazardous conditions. Read more…
