Commercial Telematics in Public Transportation

Application Analysis

With the emergence of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and smart city initiatives, commercial telematics technologies are now being implemented in public transportation markets. This presents opportunities for telematics companies to extend and customize current offerings to open up this market. A number of leading providers have identified significant potential in the public bus market, particularly in emerging regions such as India and China, where buses play a prominent role in public transport. From a technological point of view, the prevalence of smartphones and tablets is changing how public transportation companies think about telematics, creating new opportunities for cost sensitive users.

This report aims to highlight the drivers and inhibitors around the commercial telematics in public transport market, outlining the revenue potential and the companies currently leading the way in this space. Forecasts are provided for commercial telematics installed base, shipments, and revenues for each major region.

Table of Contents

  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 2. COMMERCIAL TELEMATICS FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
    • 2.1. A Promising FMS Segment
    • 2.2. Applications
    • 2.3. Railway
    • 2.4. Commercial Telematics for Public Transport, ITS, and Smart Cities
  • 3. THE MARKET OPPORTUNITY
    • 3.1. Bus Market Size - Sales and Installed Base
    • 3.2. Commercial Telematics Forecasts for Buses
    • 3.3. Market Drivers and Barriers
  • 4. MIX TELEMATICS AND GREENROAD ARE LEADING THE WAY
    • 4.1. Mix Telematics
    • 4.2. GreenRoad
    • 4.3. Masternaut
    • 4.4. Insight USA
    • 4.5. Hashprompt Technologies' vTrack
    • 4.6. Mobile Knowledge
    • 4.7. Daimler
    • 4.8. Pinpointers Telematics
    • 4.9. Cubic Transportation Systems
    • 4.10. Navman Wireless

Charts

  1. Bus Sales by Region, World Market, Forecast: 2012
  2. Bus Installed Base by Region, World Market, Forecast: 2012
  3. Commercial Telematics System Subscriptions for Buses by Region, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2018
  4. Commercial Telematics System Hardware Shipments for Buses by Region, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2018
  5. Commercial Telematics System Revenues for Buses by Region, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2018

Figures

  1. Mix Telematics RIBAS Driver Behavior In-cab Feedback System