Denver RTD Bolsters Bus Safety with Mobile Video Solution
The Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD) operates almost 1,000 buses, traveling over 100,000 miles and serving an average of 330,000 passengers each day. To help keep passengers and operators safe, RTD transit police rely on mobile video cameras installed on its fleet of buses. Video is a vital tool for investigating incidents – accidents, falls, ADA complaints, bad behavior on the part of passengers or employees, and even crime.
Unfortunately, RTD’s older analog video system often failed. Even when the cameras were working, poor quality video made it difficult to reliably identify people or understand what really happened. The cameras also recorded to a digital video recorder (DVR) on the bus. This meant that a transit police officer would have to drive to the bus depot and pull the DVR hard drive to physically retrieve video when it was needed for an investigation.