The city of Cologne, Germany has installed two CMOS-camera based video pedestrian light systems that will recognise waiting pedestrians and extend the green phase if there are still people crossing after the standard time allocation. The system, implemented by Siemens, uses two Flir cameras. The safe walk camera observes the waiting area. A stereo camera with two CMOS 1/3-inch mono sensors and 3 mm lenses is mounted 3.5 metres above the ground to cover an area of 12 sq m. This camera is set to recognise on
Intertraff is a regular exhibitor at Intertraffic and this year the company is using the event to launch D-cop Mobile, a radically new mobile speed enforcement camera. According to the company, combining a compact, tripod mounted speed camera with multi-lane radar is a first. Tripod mounted systems have been popular with police forces around the world for many years. However, they have either been limited to one lane for enforcement or multi-lane versions are extremely bulky, with trailing cables and
Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS has signed a three-year contract extension with TransLink commencing in September 2016, to continue operating and maintaining the go card smart card system in Brisbane, Australia.
The announcement continues the contract between TransLink and Cubic until September 2019. The contract between TransLink and Cubic began in 2003 with the award of the region’s first smart card-based integrated ticketing system and services for public transport in Southeast Queensland.