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by Rebelgecko 566 days ago
Some other factors to consider

* How many years of service are included (both for the data plan and just repairs when someone smashes a bus camera). Employing people to fix/replace cameras could easily cost hundreds of thousands per year

* Where does the video go? Redundant storage in geographically disparate areas?

* How long is video retained?

* R&D costs?

* Does the price include manual human review?

* There was also some drama where the 2 vendors sued each other, idk if that has any impact on the prices

* The tickets during the pilot made millions of dollars per year, do the cameras pay for themselves?

* How much efficiency are they gaining if the program results in fewer blocked busses?