Skip to main content

SESA deploys full matrix dynamic message sign in Canada

As part of its multi-year contract with the City of Calgary in Canada, SES America recently delivered a large 27.5 ft long Messenger 6000 full matrix dynamic message sign (DMS). Installed on the Deerfoot Trail, the sign replaces an older obsolete DMS and was successfully integrated with the city's NTCIP traffic management software. The DMS is capable of displaying large font and graphics and is equipped with nine front access doors to guarantee ease of access and maintenance to all components. All component
May 11, 2017 Read time: 1 min
As part of its multi-year contract with the City of Calgary in Canada, 7846 SES America recently delivered a large 27.5 ft long Messenger 6000 full matrix dynamic message sign (DMS). Installed on the Deerfoot Trail, the sign replaces an older obsolete DMS and was successfully integrated with the city's NTCIP traffic management software.


The DMS is capable of displaying large font and graphics and is equipped with nine front access doors to guarantee ease of access and maintenance to all components. All components are rated to operate in very harsh environments and extreme temperatures. SESA also provided the controller cabinet with the latest version of the NTCIP SCU6 controller.

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • Cubic: predictive analytics is putting fortune tellers out of business
    November 23, 2018
    The rise of machine learning and artificial intelligence means that fortune tellers will soon be out of business. Ed Chavis takes a behind the scenes look at the world of predictive analytics ver since organisations started taking advantage of insights derived from Big Data, data scientists concentrated their efforts on the ability to make correct assumptions about the future. A few years later, with the help of automation, developments in machine learning (ML) and advancements in the application of a
  • Indiana DOT awards weigh-in-motion contract to IRD
    June 25, 2015
    International Road Dynamics (IRD) has announced the award of a quantity purchase agreement (QPA) valued at approximately US$3.8 million by the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT). Under this agreement, IRD will be issued task orders to provide all necessary electronic equipment, software, and services required to build, reconstruct, test, calibrate and maintain the weigh-in-motion (WIM) and virtual weigh-in-motion systems (VWS) equipped with IRD manufactured hardware and software. The systems s
  • IVU equips buses with digital technology
    December 22, 2016
    German transport operator Nahverkehr Schwerin has recently taken delivery of 32 new low-floor city buses from Daimler, all equipped with integrated on-board information systems based on internet protocols (IBIS-IP) supplied by IVU Traffic Technologies. IVU was also responsible for implementing further vehicle components, including the IVU ticket box, which is being used as the central on-board computer that networks the entire vehicle environment. It provides the connected devices such as the exterior an
  • Michigan pilots pedestrian safety signs
    August 21, 2015
    New crosswalk signs have been installed in installed several southwest Michigan cities as part of a joint research project by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and Western Michigan University (WMU). The project involves testing the crosswalk signs as potential low-cost safety measures to increase pedestrian safety and motorist awareness. The signs are designed to be permanently affixed to the road but can be removed for the winter when snow removal is necessary. The signs will be removed i