Sydney Australia

Tyco received an order in April 2008 for the Public Transport Information and Priority System (PTIPS), the projected estimated at $20 million.  The PTIPS project is to provide buses throughout NSW the ability to ask the Traffic Signal System (SCATS) priority for a green signal if the bus is running late.  The PTIPS system consists of a software package that manages the buses schedule against a timetable and communicates directly with SCATS, an On Board Unit is installed on every bus which is connected to the Automatic Fare Collection system, GPS and 3G Modem. 

In 2008 Tyco manufactured and deployed 300 On Board Units (OBU) as a Trial, for installation on the State transit Authority (STA) buses in the Northern Beaches area.  On completion of the trial Tyco undertook a review of the OBU design and some changes to the design was approved by the RTA.  In 2009 Tyco was schedule to manufacture and install 2100 OBU’s, to the entire STA fleet within 12 months which was completed three months early.  Late 2009 the RTA approved Tyco to re-design the OBU in order to provide further functionality and this is expected to be completed in Mid 2010.    A small service department has been set up by Tyco in order to support the maintenance of the PTIPS hardware and to repair any units that have failed.  In 2011, it is expected another 2000 On Board units will be deployed to all of the Non Government Buses throughout NSW.