Gatekeeper Signs
US $2M
Contract
with
#1 Bus
Dealer in USA
President
Biden calls for $130 billion in
dedicated funding to schools in COVID-19 response
plan.
Abbotsford,
BC –
January
28,
2021 --
InvestorsHub NewsWire -- Gatekeeper Systems Inc. ('Gatekeeper'
or the 'Company') (TSX-V:
GSI) (OTC: GKPRF) (FSE: 1GK) a video and data solutions provider for
public
transportation and smart
cities, is pleased to announce it
has signed a contract valued at
US $2
million with Midwest Transit Equipment to provide video and data
solutions for buses. Midwest Transit
Equipment is the largest bus dealer in
the United States and has over 400
employees selling and servicing
thousands of new and used school, childcare, commercial, church,
and hotel buses.
John
McKinney,
President and CEO of Midwest Transit Equipment commented:
"We
are thrilled to be working
with
Gatekeeper to bring their technology to
our buses. Their technology roadmap,
product offerings, and customer service
programs are exactly what our team is looking for as we execute our
aggressive growth strategy throughout North America.
Our relationship with
Gatekeeper also goes beyond
technology
–
they're a trusted business partner."
Doug Dyment,
President and CEO of Gatekeeper
commented: "We are excited to work with Midwest
Transit Equipment to bring our leading-edge technology
solutions to buses throughout North
America. President Biden has
called on
Congress
to provide $130
billion in dedicated funding to support the reopening of
schools. Our video and data solutions
are specifically designed to evolve the approximately 500,000
school buses in the US into the technology
era and provide a
safer environment for the 25 million schoolchildren who
ride
buses daily. Our
PaaS platform, hi-def video, digital recorders, and health
check panel are all well-designed
offerings
within this
initiative."
Under the
US $2
million contract, which is effective over a two-year period
beginning January 2021, Midwest Transit Equipment will spec and
recommend Gatekeeper's intelligent mobile data collectors,
high-definition video solutions and health check panels for its own
fleet and for use by its bus customers.
Platform-as-a-Service
("PaaS")
Business Model
– PaaS is
Gatekeeper's
enabling
transformation to
a data
company. The Company
has
installed over 34,000 intelligent mobile data
collectors and 100,000 video
devices
on school buses,
transit buses and trains for over 3,500 public
school districts
and transportation
customers. These intelligent
devices form the
foundation of the PaaS business
model by collecting vehicle data such as video,
audio, GPS, time, door open/close and serve as the "black box" to
aid in transit accident investigations. The PaaS units are
WiFi
enabled, mobile
connected, or mobile enabled, allowing public transport assets to
become part of an intelligent transportation
solution in a Smart City ecosystem. The PaaS platform also
serves as the AI-based intelligence
platform for future applications such as thermal camera sensors,
passenger counting, contact
tracing,
intelligent routing, license plate
capture, video evidence and
more.
Passenger
Health Check Initiative – Gatekeeper's
Intelligent
Temperature Sensing System (ITSS) is a contactless infrared
body temperature sensor system that incorporates a smart panel,
thermal imaging, and artificial intelligence to measure body
temperature within 20 milliseconds. The panel is equipped with
facial recognition capabilities to improve accuracy and allows
customers to accommodate future applications such as automated
contact tracing and membership verification.
The Company
believes passenger health monitoring in public transportation is an
emerging growth trend that will continue even after the COVID-19
pandemic subsides. An estimated 25 million
schoolchildren and 18 million transit passengers board buses daily
in the US alone, mostly at locations that are not stations
which
necessitates on-bus installations for passenger health screening
devices. The Company
is
integrating ITSS into its PaaS platform
business model as a new additional data layer.
About
Gatekeeper Systems Inc.
Gatekeeper is a
leading provider of intelligent video and data solutions designed to provide
a safer transportation environment for children, passengers, and
public safety personnel on multiple transportation modes. The
Company uses AI, video analytics, thermal cameras,
and mobile data
collectors to inter-connect public transit assets as part of
intelligent transportation systems in a Smart City
ecosystem.
The Company's Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) business model is
an enabling
transformation to a video and data solutions provider for
intelligent transit and Smart Cities.
www.gatekeeper-systems.com
Contact
Information:
Douglas
Dyment
President &
CEO
ddyment@gatekeeper-systems.com
(604) 864-6187
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