The construction and launch of the iqube system in Warsaw took only 12 months. With 28 displays, 220 vehicle modules, and a high performance control center, numerous new iqube components based on GPS, GPRS, RFID, and Text-to-Speech systems were put into operation for the first time.

Warsaw’s cityscape is characterized by the changing history of its urban planning over the last years and decades: modern architecture of steel and glass, iridescent shopping centers and temples of consumption, fine hotels and restaurants, but also an overtaxed transportation infrastructure evidencing a tedious bureaucracy. With Poland’s entry into the European Union, these structures will not only be changed forever, but will become substantially more efficient.
As part of the EU integration process, Warsaw gained access to EU funding to renovate the infrastructure of bus and tram stops along the central traffic axis “Aleje Jerozolimskie.” In less than 12 months, Precimation installed 28 large scale LED displays Type L8 at the central stops in Warsaw.
But that was not enough. In order for the new displays to provide realtime information for the 220 trams on those lines, they needed to be precisely calculated by the iqube system. That is where the touchless vehicle module type VM.s came in for its premier. The VM.s combines GPS positioning technology with cellular communication based on GPRS in a single compact unit. The driver simply inserts a RFID key with route identification into the vehicle module and drives out of the depot. The vehicle module VM.s takes over from there by automatically calculating and communicating the subsequent positioning, downloading the schedules, and transmitting position data.
In addition to the new vehicle modules, the TexttoSpeech modules are also making their first appearance in operation. These modules enable visually disabled passengers to access uptotheminute information. Simply by activating the audio system button on the display mast, passengers can hear the content of the iqube display transmitted over a speaker.
Both the transit authorities and passengers alike attest to the quality of the new system. For the transit authority Tramwaje Warszawskie, this is the beginning of a new chapter in customer service. The management of the company has also announced their intention to successively expand dynamic passenger information to other lines by 2012. iqube is doing its part in shifting the cityscape of Warsaw into a modern European capital city.