Galileo improves public transport with advanced location capabilities, improving these services across Europe, to make them more resilient and smarter. As Europe strives for smarter, a safer and more sustainable urban environment, the implementation of space technology is becoming increasingly important.
EUSPA, according to its mission, actively supports the implementation of EUSpace data and services, interacting with all public transport management structures, including local authorities, technology service providers or associations, such as UITP or Ertico - ITS Europe. Among the many benefits, provided by EUspace for the public transport industry in 2024 year, Galileo ще раз продемонстрував свою корисність у підвищенні точності та надійності рішень автоматичного визначення місця розташування транспортних засобів (AVL). Really, for 2024 year such cities, like Barcelona and London, or even national transport authorities, such as the NTA in Ireland, have decided to include Galileo free of charge in their implemented or soon to be implemented AVL systems, given its advanced location capabilities.
The Spanish company GMV through its subsidiary, which specializes in intelligent transport systems, leads the project, aimed at modernizing a significant part of the city's public transport fleet with the help of technology, which includes the use of Galileo. In particular, The Barcelona Metropolitan Transport Authority has implemented the Spanish company's technology in its operational and information assistance system, which works with several parks and operators, in 916 buses, who exploit 27 operators.
There are several bus routes in Ireland, which are carried out under state obligations (PSO), served by various transport providers. A new system, provided by Trapeze ITS, unites all previous AVL systems on one platform, thus providing a consistent bus management solution for all operators and providing citizens with high-quality dynamic real-time information through street displays, program "Transport for Ireland (TFL Live)» та інші програми для смартфонів.
The new AVL system will save operations, and will also offer passengers more accurate and reliable information in real time. Over 2300 buses will use Galileo, and the transition to the new system will begin this year.
In the spring 2024 INIT Innovations in Transportation Ltd. signed a contract to supply a new technological system for London buses, which provides in-flight service, back office and transport support for London (TfL). This solution will be used by TfL to manage operations over 8000 buses, which run on 700 bus routes and serve more than 19 000 bus stops in Greater London, potentially bringing the benefits of Galileo to a vast number of citizens, since it is carried out over 140 million trips. by the TfL bus network every month.
These and several other Galileo success stories are collected and demonstrated by the Julia project, Awareness and INnovation based on EGNSS. This project, funded by Horizon, aimed at the integration of EU space services and data, primarily Galileo, into the global public transport sector, що підключає користувачів до громадського транспорту за допомогою космічної технології. In particular, in the first year of the project, the "Global Observatory of Space Data and EU Services in Public Transport" was already established, which also contains a periodically updated map, which graphically shows the status of Galileo implementation in European public transport systems.