Capabilities in traffic
Traffic management agencies require a broad range of technology solutions to help tackle escalating volumes of traffic and meet congestion, pollution and safety targets.
We have a comprehensive understanding of the motorway and urban road sectors' operational requirements, having developed specialised capabilities encompassing:
- System definition
- Design and installation
- Systems integration
- Network design and installation
- Network maintenance and management
- Corrective and planned asset maintenance
- Asset management
- Systems maintenance and management
- Traffic and traveller information services
- Turnkey solutions for Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) e.g. tolling, traffic management, CCTV and traffic light equipment and software.
We can also design, install, integrate and maintain a number of brand new and legacy communications assets, technologies and systems for traffic management, including:
CCTV - Advanced monitoring capabilities allow faster incident response, effective observation and management of traffic flow and provision of superior information to media and public services.
Variable Message Signs (VMS) — Command & Contol Centres overseeing some of the UK's busiest motorways - such as the M6 - use remotely controlled Message Signs to effectively manage the flow of traffic
Emergency Roadside Telephones (ERT) - Planned and unplanned maintainance of essential communications devices in challenging safety environment
Traffic light equipment — Keeping major urban road signals online from controllers to push button boxes and signal heads
Communications networks - Leveraging telent's broad range of equipment knowledge including SDH, ATM, IP, Access, GSM, PMR and PABX.
And we have the capability to develop specific traffic solutions which meet the needs of our customers in this market sector:
Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) - In addition to ANPR's use in the emergency services, cameras can also be used by traffic management agencies to track where individual vehicles join and leave the motorway and how long their journey took - allowing a reliable assessment of a scheme's success.
Tolling systems — An ANPR-based solution allows seamless charging of road users as they enter and leave toll zones, reducing the need for manned stations.
Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) systems — AVL is an advanced, turnkey fleet management solution using PMR, GPRS and GPS systems. Evaluating the location of public transport, emergency service or logistics vehicles allows informed decision-making about which vehicles or drivers to call on in any given situation.
Real-time passenger information systems — Our in-house developed real-time passenger information system, MATISSE, provides benefits to those travelling within and throughout the Midlands area. Up-to-date information from comprehensive transport monitoring systems is analysed and presented online.
