Enforcement

A new cloud-enabled performance management system from Xerox uses data analytics to help parking managers better manage workloads, make smarter patrol decisions and create high-performance teams of civil enforcement officers. CitySight automates many manual processes by providing a logging mechanism that analyses the daily activities of civil enforcement officers (CEOs) such as time worked, patrols, public interaction, penalty charge notices and more. Supervisors can then use the insights gleaned from t

Poland’s General Directorate of the National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA) has awarded Egis two contracts for the maintenance of telecommunication, traffic management and tolling systems on 162 kilometres of the A4 motorway between Wroclaw–Katowice in Poland. These contracts cover 68 toll lanes on 13 toll plazas monitored by one operation centre and 80 pairs of emergency roadside telephones located along the motorway. They continue GDDKiA’s intention to bring the A4 up to toll motorway standards and inclu

Gatso, for which this week Sensys Traffic signed an acquisition agreement, has now received an order worth US$830,000 for traffic safety systems and back office consultancy from a new customer in the Middle East. The order involves consultancy to prepare for a complete back-office solution for processing traffic infringements, as well as the supply of red light and speed camera systems. The order is expected to be delivered during the third quarter 2015. Gatso's managing director Timo Gatsonides comm

Sensys Traffic is to acquire Dutch enforcement company Gatso in a deal worth around US$33.9 million. Sensys’ acquisition of Gatso and the merger of the operations the two companies will create the largest supplier of traffic enforcement equipment with a strong presence in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia, as well as the North American managed services market. The combined company will operate under the name Sensys Gatso Group, with an installed base of 18,000 systems and 202 employees. The

Dubai Traffic Police is upgrading its enforcement on the arterial roads of the emirate, including the six-lane Sheikh Zayed Road. Over fifty new Vitronic PoliScan LIDAR systems will replace the existing radar-based speed cameras, enhancing the enforcement capabilities of the authorities. In addition to simultaneous speed enforcement of multiple vehicles across all lanes, the police can now automatically document vehicles that are tailgating or driving on the shoulder – two major causes of serious acciden

Vysionics has been working with the UK’s Network Rail on a development project to reduce the number of fatalities that occur on the rail network. This included the development of a new Home Office Type Approved (HOTA) device that allows for automatic, unattended enforcement of vehicles that misuse level crossings. Vysionics’ Vector LX level crossing red light enforcement system has been awarded HOTA certification and is now operational at sites across the UK; the first ever non-invasive solution to ac

Videalert’s new fully hosted civil enforcement solution, which enables local authorities to outsource the hardware and software required for civil enforcement, has gained Department for Transport (DfT) Manufacturer Certification.

StarTraq Audit provides authorities with an independent review of speed and red light enforcement violation patters in order to detect multiple errors or even fraud. The company receives notification of all logged offences in order that its Audit software can detect anomalies and trends. These may come as a result of an drifting calibration, erroneous recalibration or other faults and can be detected in near real-time and the notification stopped before the automated systems send out hundreds of tickets whi

The A9 Safety Group in the UK has won the CIHT John Smart Road Safety Award, for a range of interventions along more than 200km of carriageway, including the implementation of 50 SPECS3 average speed cameras, supplied by Vysionics. The A9 SPECS3 installation has been in operation since October 2014, and is already delivering impressive changes to driver behaviour. Whilst it is still too early to report on casualty analysis, key performance indicators are already demonstrating that drivers have improved the

The adaptation of machine vision to transport applications continues apace. That the machine vision industry is taking traffic installations seriously is evident by the amount of hardware and software products tailor-made for ITS applications that are now available on the market. A good example comes from US-based Gridsmart Technologies which has developed a single wire fisheye camera that provides a horizon to horizon view for use at intersections. Not only does the single camera replace four or more in a