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Cubic partners with IBI to deliver integrated ITS across Scotland

Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS), in partnership with IBI Group, has been awarded a contract by Transport Scotland to deliver an integrated intelligent transportation systems (ITS) service across Scotland's trunk road network. The contract extends Cubic's 20-year history of delivering services to the region and, according to Cubic, will support the delivery of the Traffic Scotland functionality on all of the major road construction schemes.
October 9, 2015 Read time: 2 mins
378 Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS), in partnership with 5897 IBI Group, has been awarded a contract by 505 Transport Scotland to deliver an integrated intelligent transportation systems (ITS) service across Scotland's trunk road network.

The contract extends Cubic's 20-year history of delivering services to the region and, according to Cubic, will support the delivery of the Traffic Scotland functionality on all of the major road construction schemes.

Under the new contract, Cubic and IBI Group will continue to support the future and current needs of Transport Scotland to enhance their ability to efficiently manage the trunk roads that are crucial to Scotland's economy.

"Traffic Scotland is a high profile service delivered by Transport Scotland on behalf of Scottish Ministers. It aims to provide a high quality public service and deliver a safe and reliable trunk road network," said Hugh Gillies, head of Network Operations at Transport Scotland. "The technology supporting the delivery of the Traffic Scotland Service comprises a range of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), modern computing and communications technologies. These are used to collect information about the road network, to help us manage it efficiently while also providing real time journey planning information to road users.”

Cubic delivered the core traffic management system for Transport Scotland in the mid-90s, and has maintained and developed it consistent with technology advances. IBI Group created the infrastructure, including the website, which delivers traffic information and journey time service. The collaboration between Cubic and IBI Group delivers efficiency and reliability by creating a single integrated system of incident management, traffic information services, journey time alerts, closed-circuit TV (CCTV) systems and data warehousing.

"We are extremely proud to continue this great partnership with Transport Scotland and look forward to working together to deliver a safe, efficient, cost-effective and sustainable transport system for the benefit of Scotland's travellers," said Chris Bax, managing director of Cubic ITMS, a subsidiary of Cubic Transportation Systems.

"Our partnership with Cubic is a result of many years of collaboration, and we look forward to continuing to deliver innovative services and solutions to Transport Scotland in the coming years," said Graeme Scott, director of IBI Group.
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