Hamburg: Real time information about occupancy of busses and trains

The Challenge

Since the beginning of 2021 Hamburger Hochbahn AG is part of a nationwide team (BRAIN) who focusses on the definition of uniform standards for the display of occupancy for passengers in public transportation.  To increase the modal split of public transportation and push the transport revolution we want to offer our passengers as much information and comfort as possible. Providing information about the occupancy of busses and trains brings many advantages for our passengers (p.e. higher chance for a seat, relaxed journey, keeping distance…) and for our company (p.e. shorter times for change of passengers, steady distribution throughout the day/train, data for replacement services…) as well.

The Objective

Push the transport revolution by offering customers information about the occupancy of public transport vehicles in real time by analysing the videos of security cameras. Hamburg wants to find out whether the analysis of videos of security cameras in trains and/or busses are a convincing technology for the display of occupancies.