PMPML partners with Google Cloud for real-time bus tracking

The Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) has now partnered with Google Cloud to develop and enhance an intelligent transmit management system to track buses in live time with Google Maps. The project will be carried out at Pimpri-Chinchwad and Pune.

According to PMPML authorities, it was vital to provide real-time bus timings and to make commuting simple in order to provide better service to the thousands of commuters who use PMPML buses on a regular basis. As a result, devices have been installed on all PMPML buses. Through Google Maps, they can now track assets, perform predictive maintenance, and respond immediately to emergencies.

Currently, the transportation agency operates 2,600 buses on 371 routes throughout both cities, while 117 Rainbow BRT services travel along seven exclusive BRT circuits.

Bikram Singh Bedi, managing director, Google Cloud India, said, “We are thrilled to work with the PMPML team. This technology has the power to be replicated across different cities and states in India and make life easier for commuters.”

On the project with PMPML, Google Cloud will collaborate through their top partner Niveus Solutions Pvt. Ltd. From this point forward, commuters will be able to track buses in real-time on Google Maps as they travel the routes.

Omprakash Bakoria, chairman and managing director of PMPML, said, “This tie-up with Google will not only be beneficial for commuters to track the real-time buses on the journey, but it will also help the organisation internally to transform the technology like Cloud and data analytics.”