APRIL 2014
Gavin Jackman, head of traffi c and software, said: “We’ve been focusing on signal controls and strategies. We came to Intertraffi c for the fi rst time two years ago. It was a big investment for us and a bit of a change. This year has been very busy for us. If I look at other shows that we’ve been to I’ve never had the volume of people or the quality. The level of conversation has been just right so I can’t fault it. It breaks a rule because it’s not just EU. If you go to somewhere like ITS World Congress it doesn’t quite have the level of in-depth conversation that we’ve had here. These are technical people and they’re technical operators. They are the end user and the customer. Intertraffi c seems to drag them in.”
Staff from TRL were also on hand to talk about the Pedestrian Split Cycle Offset Optimisation Technique, or ‘pedestrian SCOOT’.
The new pedestrian technology that is designed to make crossing the road easier and safer is set to be trialled for the fi rst time ever by Transport for London (TfL).
Trials of the “intelligent” pedestrian crossings will start in the summer. The system uses state-of-the-art video camera technology to automatically detect how many pedestrians are waiting at crossings. It enables the
adjustment of traffi c signal timings automatically to extend the green pedestrian invitation to cross phase when large numbers of people are waiting, allowing more people to cross the road.
Andrew Kirkham, senior consultant – adaptive traffi c signal control, added: “It has gone through a trial period with TfL and we’re now at the fi nal stages of development of the full product.”
Vaisala announced the release of a new fi rst-of-its-kind mobile weather system that collects information never before collected from a single solution.
The Vaisala Condition Patrol DSP310 is available to road weather maintenance professionals. The Condition Patrol uses advanced technology to provide decision makers with a complete mobile weather solution to monitor their road network. It uses sensors that have been trusted for many years by maintenance operators around the world. The system collects the data and displays it on a smart phone on the dashboard of the vehicle.
The data can also be brought back through the phone’s mobile network to be displayed in Vaisala’s road weather management software for the viewing by others in the agency.
Imtech Traffi c & Infra separated its stand into different zones in an effort to showcase a number of products and services.
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The company operates in the markets of dynamic traffi c management, intelligent transportation systems, traffi c safety and enforcement, technical infrastructure, public lighting, energy and parking management.
Head of marketing and PR Helen Blood told Highways Magazine that the increasing use of ITS will play a key role in ensuring the UK’s economic recovery.
She said: “I think we all stepped back a little bit amongst all the budget cuts and austerity measures. It was diffi cult for a time, but I think the supply chain and companies likes ourselves have still been working in the background on new technologies and we’re starting to see them come to the forefront. Not just through Imtech, but through other players in the market as well. I think we realise that we’re so integral to economic recovery as an industry that we need to step up and deliver. The industry has pulled together and is moving forward. These are exciting times, but we need to make that leap of faith and push the boundaries a bit. There’s no longer a situation where a client is just looking for traffi c lights. Those days are gone.”
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