Enforcement

A new report carried out by Parsons Brinckerhoff on behalf of the DC Department of Transportation (DDOT) finds that speed cameras are helping to reduce accidents and injuries and slowing drivers down. The DDOT conducted an engineering study to determine a link between traffic safety and placement of automated speed enforcement devices (speed cameras) in the District of Columbia. As part of this study, Parsons Brinckerhoff and its team members conducted speed and volume studies, carried out field assessme

Redflex Holdings has announced the appointment of non-executive director, Adam Gray to the position of chairman. Gray brings significant investment and operational experience to the Board of Redflex, having led a variety of operational turnarounds, financial restructurings and strategy development over the course of his career. He has a BSE Finance from the Wharton School and a BS Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.

Sensys Traffic has received orders worth US$13 million from the Swedish Transport Administration as part of its three-year contract with the authority. The orders are for equipment to be used in the Swedish automatic traffic control (ATC) system, indicating that the Swedish Transport Administration intends to expand the system. The orders include monitoring systems, roadside cabinets and spare parts for speed enforcement. Almost two-thirds of the order is for replacement of existing ATC systems, while

Jenoptik’s Traffic Solutions division has received an iF design award 2014 in the public design category for its new camera housing, TraffiTower 2.0. The iF design awards recognise outstanding design as assessed by international expert juries. Jenoptik says its TraffiTower 2.0 combines design and high functionality for traffic monitoring using laser or radar. Two completely independently functioning measuring systems can be built into the housing, enabling users to flexibly monitor speed or red light vio

Responding to reports that the UK Highways Agency is to roll out speed cameras on stretches of ‘smart’ motorways, road safety charity Brake has spoken in support of the proposal. Julie Townsend, deputy chief executive, Brake, the road safety charity, said: "Speed cameras are an extremely well evidenced, cost-effective way to improve safety and reduce deaths and injuries on roads where they are placed, preventing families going through the trauma of a sudden bereavement or life-changing injury. Put simpl

Officials in Luxembourg are planning to install fixed and mobile speed camera in a bid to improve the accident rate in tunnels and dangerous roads in the country, and to reduce the number of traffic fatalities. A feasibility study estimates the cost for the project at US$15 million. The total cost for the installation of 35 fixed cameras and five mobile devices is predicted to be US$1.6 million, together with US$13 million for a control centre. The project is scheduled to start in summer 2014.

Several school buses in Clarke County School District, Georgia have been fitted with camera systems that will provide visual evidence of motorists who violate the flashing red lights and stop arms of school buses as children embark and disembark. The school bus stop-arm system utilises a series of six camera mounted on the bus to catch violators from several angles. When the stop arm is deployed, the cameras detect vehicles illegally passing in either direction and captures video of the violation and sti

Jenoptik’s Traffic Solutions division and its long-term local partner, First Joint Group, are to supply the Kuwait Ministry of Interior with fixed and mobile radar-based speed and red light enforcement systems to upgrade all traffic enforcement equipment in the country. The systems are equipped with the latest digital camera and tracking radar technology Delivery of the order, valued at more than US$2.7 million, is scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2014. Jenoptik traffic safety technology ha

Adaptis Solutions has implemented its dash park and go ANPR service at London’s North Greenwich underground station car park in close partnership with car park operator NCP. dash is used to provide cashless payments, season tickets and multi ticketing options. The system provides customers with the option to make payments by phone, text, mobile websites, mobile apps and a UK based call centre. The system includes a wi-fi hotspot at the car park to enable quick, easy and secure access to the dash cas

As part of a US$7.2 million E-ZPass system upgrade, the cameras in E-ZPass lanes across New Hampshire are capturing the licence plates of all vehicles as they pass through the lanes. The devices have brighter, more visible LED flashes, and capture front and rear licence plates. The new systems have been installed in E-ZPass toll lanes within the last two months. They feature a better violation detection system and also upgraded technology that ensure vehicles that pass through the tolls match the vehicl