What transport operators ask for
Buses and trains stand in depots overnight, and graffiti, vandalism and theft of diesel and copper cost operators money and vehicles. At stations and stops, crowding at rush hour and during events is a safety risk, and unattended bags stop services. Electric bus depots add a fire risk in the charging areas. Control rooms have hundreds of cameras and few people to watch them.
Use cases in public transport
- Depots at night: people inside the depot fence or between parked vehicles after hours, before the spray cans come out.
- Crowding on platforms and at stops: counts and density per area, alerts when a platform or stop gets too full.
- Unattended bags: items left on platforms and in station halls longer than you allow.
- Fire and smoke in depots: charging areas, workshops and fuelling points, on top of your fire alarm system.
- Search after an incident: find the moment across stations and depots by camera, zone and time.
On-board cameras: we check in the pilot whether your vehicle recorders can stream or upload footage, for example when the vehicle is back in the depot.
Passengers are the public
Stations, stops and vehicles are publicly accessible, so a data protection impact assessment, clear signage and documented purposes and retention are needed. Many operators are public bodies or work under public contracts, which adds their own legal bases. In the UK, the Surveillance Camera Code of Practice applies directly to local authorities and is widely followed by transport operators. ProDataAI Lens counts and detects events: it does not recognise faces, does not track passengers and does not analyse age, gender or emotions.
See GDPR, works council and the EU AI Act and CCTV and UK GDPR.
Frequently asked questions
Does it count passengers by age or gender?
No. ProDataAI Lens counts people per area and time, without any profile of who they are.
Can it prevent graffiti in the depot?
It alerts when someone enters the depot or the area between parked vehicles after hours, with the clip, so your team or security provider can act before the damage is done.
Can it run in our own control room?
Yes. ProDataAI Lens runs in an EU cloud environment, in your own cloud or fully on your premises, and alerts go to the people you name.