A north-to-south arterial route is covering 25 miles of the city and includes multi-modal transport nodes for all types of passengers including shoppers and schoolchildren as well as business users.
One-third inch color DSP cameras from California-based Rainbow have been installed throughout the new system of bus stations on the project, with the images contributing to passenger safety as well as informing drivers of user numbers and traffic conditions.
The rapid transit bus system runs through Insurgents' Avenue which at 18 miles is the largest urban avenue in the word. The thoroughfare crosses 16 of the city's boroughs and is adjacent to many of the emblematic 'colonias' including the 52-storey Mexico World Trade Center.
"The transit authorities in the Federal District should be applauded on an initiative which has already improved air quality throughout the city. Rainbow equipment [vari-focal lenses] are also being used by Transport for London throughout the UK capital and we are pleased to be involved with mass transit initiatives in such major locations" says Rico Martinez, director of sales and marketing at Rainbow.
10/04/2007
Rainbow cameras installed in the buses in Mexico city
Mexico city, Mexico
In an attempt to reduce the carbon footprint of commuters and improve air quality, municipal authorities in Mexico City are encouraging commuters to abandon their cars and use a new rapid transit bus system. The network features dedicated lanes, articulated or 'bendy' vehicles and pre-paid smart cards of the kind used on London Transport and the New York subway.
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