The report by analysts IMS Research says “the triple threat of terrorist attack, vandalism and litigation is causing governments and transport operators to protect their vehicles and passengers with security cameras”.
Market analyst Alastair Hayfield said the bus and coach market is leading the way for mobile video surveillance. “Europe is an established market for video surveillance on board buses and, with large projects like that proposed by Stockholm Transport, growth will be upbeat for some time to come.
“In North America the school bus market continues to drive growth, and with major transit bus projects seen recently in Chicago, New York and Toronto, that growth will remain strong.
“Asia has seen less investment in these systems to date but with the news that China has recently invested in its first bus surveillance system. With this coupled with its investment in infrastructure leading up to the 2008 Olympic Games, the market is set to grow strongly over the next five years.” The report says that within the bus and coach market there is a general trend to install more cameras and features per bus.
“Where previously a system may have had two or three cameras monitoring the doorway and aisle of a bus, in future more cameras will be used to give complete coverage of the inside and outside of a bus,” the report says.
“Furthermore, GPS data and sensor inputs such as those from turn signals are being recorded alongside the video footage to give a clearer picture of the events leading up to an incident.”