Australian company to supply VMS for London Olympics

Bartco, a traffic management company based in Melbourne, Australia, has won a US$1.92 million contract to supply portable variable message signs (VMS) to Transport for London (TfL) for use during the Olympic Games. Some 200 signs display both directional and security advice to motorists about road conditions during the Olympics, as well as the management of special Olympic Route Network traffic lanes.
June 4, 2012 Read time: 2 mins

5873 Bartco, a traffic management company based in Melbourne, Australia, has won a US$1.92 million contract to supply portable variable message signs (VMS) to 1466 Transport for London (TfL) for use during the Olympic Games. Some 200 signs display both directional and security advice to motorists about road conditions during the Olympics, as well as the management of special Olympic Route Network traffic lanes.

Bartco says it was because of its web based VMS programming and online management system including the superior colour display technology. A key element of the system is that a customer can login and manage all their signs at once through Bartco’s Web Studio technology, enabling live communication with an individual VMS or a network of them.

“We first introduced our VMS colour technology into the UK approximately 18 months ago via our UK partner, Colour Mobile VHS, and it is now used on major UK motorways, by the Met Police and also Heathrow airport,” said Trevor Wollard, co-owner of Bartco. “This has led to the current project for the Olympic Games, which has been a very rewarding experience.”

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