Datapax helped carry out transport reform in Kostroma

2023: Launch of the Kostroma Transport application

Since July 1 To Kostroma , an updated public work system has been in effect. in the transport Administration of the Kostroma region shortest possible time, transport reform was carried out in the city of Kostroma, trips have become safer and more comfortable: buses run exactly on schedule, passengers spend less time traveling thanks to mobile application Kostroma. Transport This was announced on November 27, 2023 by the company. Datapax

In preparation for the transport reform, the positive experience of other regions was studied, and its implementation was helped by the digital mobility management platform, developed and adapted to the needs of the region by the Russian company Datapax. The platform provides convenient tools to state and municipal authorities, the transportation operator Argus-Service LLC and carriers Krasnogorsk-Auto LLC, Startrans LLC, Kostromskoye PATP No. 3 JSC for the effective provision of services.

Platform services allow you to control the volume of transport work, compliance with the schedule, automatically track each bus on the route, identify stowaways and manage the work of the control and audit service of the transportation operator. Every day, receiving the task of checking the bus in the Kostroma Control service, the controller of Argus-Service LLC promptly monitors the payment for travel by bus passengers and, if a stowaway is identified, a fine is issued with the involvement of employees of the transportation customer and the rapid response force support group (OF).

All buses are equipped with a passenger metering system. This helps us analyze the number of passengers on a particular route in a certain period of time. Such detailed monitoring allows you to quickly make decisions and adjust the traffic pattern to improve the quality of transportation. Our passengers already see the positive effect that the modernization of the transport system gives. These are convenient routes, and the accuracy of the schedule, and the ability to clearly plan the trip taking into account transfers, - said Vadim Slyusarenko, head of the Regional Navigation Information Center, created on the basis of the operator Argus-Service LLC.

Each component of the digital mobility management platform is included in the register of domestic software and operates smoothly in the country, flexibly adapting to the features of a particular region. The platform provides services for all key participants - the region as an organizer of transport services, carriers and passengers. Such an integrated approach to organizing transportation helps to improve the quality of transport, provides passengers with services for planning the route and, in general, makes public transport more flexible and predictable, "said Alexey Ostrenin, CEO of Datapax.

The attractiveness of public transport in Kostroma is also growing due to new convenient buses: voice informing notifies about stops in advance, and the information boards in the cabin broadcast up-to-date information about the route. Buses are adapted for transporting people with limited mobility, equipped with video surveillance cameras.

An important component of passenger mobility is the Kostroma Transport application. Passengers appreciated its advantages: the number of unique users is increasing monthly, the application has already been installed by more than 37 thousand people - every seventh resident of Kostroma.

The mobile application allows you to see when the desired bus will arrive at the stop, track its movement on the city map and calculate how long the trip will take, and also prompts where, if necessary, you need to make a transfer. With travel planning "from and to," passengers save up to 10% of travel time.

It is planned to supplement the Kostroma Transport mobile application with a news service, as well as an innovative barrier-free fare payment technology based on geolocation. The Kostroma Transport application is available for download on Google Play and the App Store.