KELOWNA – Phased installation is now underway of closed-circuit TV (CCTV) cameras on BC Transit buses in Kelowna to enhance customer and operator safety and security. All medium- and heavy-duty buses acquired after 2005 will have the cameras installed, and new buses, 27 feet and longer, will be delivered with the cameras already factory-installed.
Several Kelowna buses will have the cameras installed each week through August and September and it is expected that the installation will be complete on all 47 buses by the end of September.
A one-year evaluation (proof-of-concept) program was completed in April 2016 on 83 buses in Victoria and another 25 in Kamloops and showed positive results.
The estimated budget to equip the 47 Kelowna buses with this new technology is $300,000. The installation follows infrastructure funding announcements by the federal and provincial governments in June and July of this year.
A timetable to install CCTV cameras throughout the BC Transit system has not yet been confirmed.
For more information on the project, how the cameras will operate, and the results from the 2015-16 pilot project, please consult the Questions and Answers. To find out more about BC Transit’s privacy policy, please visit the privacy section.
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