Since it launched on 30 November last year, Dart Charge has already helped to speed up journeys by removing the need to stop at a barrier to pay the Dartford Crossing charge.
To get the most benefit from the changes, the UK Highways Agency has developed a new way of identifying and managing over-height vehicles and dangerous loads before they enter the tunnel, a job that until now was carried out at the payment barriers.
All major tunnels have rules about what substances can be taken through them an
There is a lot more that appears from this sector that is ITS on an international scale, once the surface is scratched. Over the past two months we’ve uncovered a surprising amount of technological progression hitherto unannounced to the transportation industry worldwide. For example, at the beginning of November we were at the Vision exhibition in Stuttgart. This magazine has followed developments from the machine vision sector for some time as advanced digital cameras and automated processing systems bega
His daily quest to find a parking space gave Amir Ehsani Zonouz, a student at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA, the incentive to look for an effective solution, leading to him winning the inaugural Siemens Mobility IDEA (Improving Design and Engineering for All) Contest.
Zonouz proposed using quadcopters, or drones, which can quickly find unoccupied parking spaces, identify the shortest path to the closest free spot and immediately guide the driver to the space using a mobile app or direct
Green Center’s latest solution has replaced the parking ticket with a licence plate number, all done by extending the GPP LPR camera system.
The GPP PGS2 parking guidance system is used for guiding drivers when seeking vacant parking spaces in high-capacity areas, such as shopping centres, according to the Czech company. Payment is processed by an automatic pay station by simply entering the licence plate number. With no need for identification of or by the parking ticket, the process is speeded up for
