Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) is expanding its CCTV traffic monitoring
network across key intersections with the addition of further cameras and an integrated software solution from Siemens. The newly-developed software allows CCTV cameras from different nominated suppliers to be viewed through a single UTMC compliant control environment. Full press release

 

A busy bus link to Basildon town centre has been equipped with new digital enforcement cameras based on Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR)technology from Siemens to help provide a better bus service for people living, working and visiting the area. From July, Siemens’ LaneHawk bus lane enforcement solution will be in operation on the Ghyllgrove bus link and motorists using the bus lane in unauthorised vehicles will receive a penalty charge notice. Full press release

A new solution for speed enforcement will be trialled on Springdale Road in September for six months.  The trial will be conducted by Siemens with the support of Borough of Poole council, Dorset County Council, the Dorset Safety Camera Partnership and Springdale First School. The new SafeZone cameras, which measure the average speed of vehicles travelling between points, have been developed by Siemens and are being installed to test the viability of using this solution to reduce speeds near a school.  The data collected by the cameras during this trial will not be used for enforcement purposes and nobody will be prosecuted as a result. Full press release

Major refurbishment of traffic technology across Medway, part of the Thames Gateway area, is underway to significantly reduce energy and communications costs with newly developed products from Siemens. Aimed at reducing carbon emissions and power consumption, the project involves replacing over 600 signal heads with new Siemens retrofit technology at sites in Rainham, Rochester, Gillingham and Chatham. Communications equipment is also being upgraded with the deployment of new UG405 outstation transmission units (OTUs) from Siemens. Full press release

 

LaneHawk - One of the Siemens enforcement solutions

Leading traffic technology company Siemens will exhibit newly developed traffic and civil enforcement solutions at the 4th annual Enforcement Summit on Thursday 08 July 2010 at Chelsea FC, Stamford Bridge, Fulham Road, London SW6 1HS. The event (www.enforcementsummit.co.uk) is widely recognised as thepremier forum for transport professionals faced with the future challenges of enforcing parking, traffic and environmental regulations. Full press release.

Local schools and engineering companies in Dorset are being encouraged to join Poole-based Siemens Mobility in support of the company’s major partnership agreement with Greenpower, a unique nationwide project aimed at young people interested in engineering and technology to design, build and race an electric car. Full press release

 

Siemens has introduced a new range of warning signals for use in the vicinity of premises used by emergency service vehicles. Commonly called wig-wag signals, the new product range includes both newly developed signals and extensions to the existing range of Siemens traffic controllers.Full press release

 

A brand new variable message sign (VMS) family is officially launched this month by Siemens. Fully developed in the UK, the all new Elektra family of VMS offers a highly configurable, adaptable and flexible solution to meet the requirements of variable message signs in a wide variety of different situations. Elektra provides highly visible and concise information to drivers, enabling them to be better informed, reducing traffic congestion and journey times while lowering pollution levels from queuing traffic. Full press release

 

In partnership with SA2000, a joint venture between traffic technology company Siemens and leading consultants Atkins, Essex County Council has recently started the second phase of a retrofit programme to replace traffic signals with newly developed LED technology from Siemens. Aimed at reducing carbon emissions and power consumption, the project involves replacing over 750 signal heads with new LED technology at 47 junctions on a range of major routes across the county including sites in Colchester, Braintree and Chelmsford town centre. Full press release.

 

Gordon Wakeford (left), Managing Director with Martin Wylie

Three trees provided by Siemens have been planted in Southampton’s prestigious QE2 mile as part of the carbon offset programme included in the new traffic signals maintenance contract awarded to the company by Southampton CityCouncil. Full press release

 

Kent County Council (KCC) is upgrading traffic control equipment at a number of sites in Maidstone with the deployment of new outstation transmission units (OTUs) from Siemens. Migration to IP-based communications and the latest UG405 communications protocol will deliver improvements to the existing UrbanTraffic Control (UTC) and is calculated to deliver KCC significant communications cost savings. In addition, using the Kent Public Service Network, the council will trial a system of connections linking a number of public bodies including schools, District and Borough Councils, and local emergency services. Full press release

 

Siemens Mobility, Traffic Solutions will be exhibiting a number of key products from its growing portfolio of innovative and environmentally-friendly traffic solutions at Intertraffic 2010 (stand 11.209, 23-25 March: Amsterdam RAI). Full press release

 

The largest of Siemens’ Urban Traffic Control (UTC) systems installed worldwide has recently been upgraded to Siemens PC SCOOT. The UTC upgrade in Chile’s capital city Santiago will further improve the performance of the UTC system and management of the city’s road network. PC SCOOT will monitor traffic control equipment at over 2,500 intersections. The switchover was carried out without incident. Full press release

Following the success of a series of 8 customer events in England and Scotland last year, leading UK traffic technology company Siemens is hosting a further 2 workshops in February for local authority representatives, consultants and traffic engineers in South Wales. The events are being held to demonstrate products in the Siemens traffic portfolio that provide customers with significant energy and carbon footprint reductions. Full press release