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Keeping traffic flowing
Bus lanes regularly being blocked by ‘selfish’ drivers has prompted Bradford Metropolitan District Council to bring in a new bus lane enforcement system. Te council
implemented a new automated bus lane enforcement platform from traffic and car park solutions provider Videalert, to help improve city centre traffic flows without requiring additional
resources for its traffic monitoring team. Te new bus lane
monitoring system has received final certification as an approved device by the Vehicle Certification Agency on behalf of the Department of Transport (DfT). Te council’s CCTV
team installed the Videalert platform after a three month trial showed that, despite the presence of clear signs and road
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markings, drivers continued to ignore the bus lane restrictions, leading to continual traffic obstructions. Te programme has
attracted the support of local bus operators who have been concerned by traffic congestion on city centre bus routes for some time. DfT research shows that the average speed of traffic is only just over four miles per hour in Bradford and other
Eastbourne’s Enterprise
Trinity shopping centre gets new parking facility
Car park company Q-Park has taken over the car park at the Trinity Centre in Aberdeen.
This 400-space car park, which is attached to the Trinity Shopping Centre with easy access to the retail centre of Aberdeen, will form part of the Scottish Cluster of Q-Park car parks. The new 35-year lease broadens Q-Park’s coverage of the UK from Aberdeen to Truro.
Q-Park has planned to improve many of the facilities at The Trinity Centre car park by a refurbishment that includes: new parking equipment; secure
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entry and exit; 24-hour CCTV; and improved internal decoration. Illuminated road markings and bright lighting will allow customers easy access and navigation. Other convenient services include a car valet service, jump start leads and toilet facilities.
Adam Bidder, managing director of Q-Park, said: ‘At Q-Park we are thrilled to move further north, spreading the high quality standards of car park facilities in the UK by improving another parking facility for customers in the heart of Aberdeen’s shopping vicinity.’
Shopping Centre has installed Parkeon’s Varioflex pay- on-foot parking solution with chip and pin card, bank note and coin payment facilities in its 115-space surface car park.
The new solution provides a number of advanced technological features. They include the MR40 payment card industry-Pin Entry Device (PCI-PED) approved card reader, which guarantees the security of the card within the terminal and is accredited by the UK banking industry.
All terminals and pay stations at the shopping centre handle high coercivity tickets, which are the most secure and reliable available. They will function even when wet or screwed-up, and have a typical failure rate of just one in 150,000.
Ullswater in the English Lake District, is an area of outstanding natural beauty and is a popular destination with tourists and walkers alike. Visitors can also explore
major UK cities during the morning peak. Metro chairman,
councillor Chris Greaves, said: ‘By blocking bus lanes and parking in bus stop lay- bys, selfish motorists are making journey times longer for buses, hampering level-access boarding which so many passengers find useful and compromising the safety of all road users. ‘It also negates the investment we, and
the districts, make in improving public transport, relieving congestion and reducing carbon emissions. Tis new enforcement scheme, with its fixed penalty charge notices, could cost some thoughtless motorists dear, but it also acts as a clear reminder that the restrictions that are in place to improve our public transport system and local environment apply to all drivers.’
NO WIPE-OUT IN SEASIDE TOWN
High-coercivity tickets are less corruptible than the Lo-co variant, which may be accidently ‘wiped’, for example, after being in close proximity to a mobile phone. The system is backed up in
the centre’s ground floor reception. Financial and statistical data are generated and reconciled via a web- based, centralised management system. A variable messaging system has been incorporated to continually show the number of spaces available. Local residents are able to use the car park out of business hours for 5p per hour, giving them access to a secure parking facility that is monitored continuously by CCTV. However, in order to discourage drivers travelling from the adjacent railway station from using the ESC car park, it operates as a short stay facility when the shops are open.
HIGH AND DRY OUT IN THE LAKES
the lakes by steamboat with the Ullswater Steam Navigation Company. Following floods in 2009, the Steam Navigation Company’s car park was hard hit
and its Cale MP104 pay- and-display machine was submerged. After some safety work on the mains supply, the terminal is now back and working perfectly well.
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