Following extensive research, development and successful trials, Siemens Mobility, Traffic Solutions based in Poole, Dorset has released its latest UTMC-compliant outstation transmission unit (OTU). Providing customers with the full benefits available withinSCOOT MC3 and fully implementing the latest UG405 communications protocol, the newtechnology is being showcased at the UTMC Conference at the Council House, Bristol thisweek (10/11 December 2009). Full press release.

 

Siemens Mobility, Traffic Solutions collected another prestigious accolade last month at the ASLEC (Association of Signals, Lighting and other Highway Electrical Contractors) and HEMSA (Highway Electrical Manufacturers and Suppliers Association) annual awards ceremony. For the second year running, the company scooped the ASLEC Member of the Year (Large Organisation) award in recognition of making a significant contribution to the highway electrical industry in the UK over the past 12 months. Full press release

 

Siemens Mobility, Traffic Solutions based in Poole, Dorset presented the company’s annual Sir William Siemens Medal to 16-year-old Luke Angwin, a technology student at Ashdown Technology College last week (Tuesday 24November 2009). Full press release

Siemens Mobility, Traffic Solutions based in Poole, Dorset has been awarded a contract to supply Extra Low Voltage (ELV) traffic signals for Connecting Derby, a major Government-funded scheme to build the city’s new inner ring road. New and replacement ELV traffic controllers and signal heads will be supplied and installed by Siemens at more than 12 junction and pedestrian crossing sites on the new road on behalf of BAM Nuttall, the preferred supplier for the main civil works contract. Full press release

 

Traffic technology company Siemens Mobility, Traffic Solutions based in Poole, Dorset has been presented with the 2009 Energy and Environment iaward, the first award of its kind to be backed by the British Government. In association with QinetiQ, the awards recognise and celebrate the best British achievements in science, technology and innovation. Full press release

 

Traffic technology company Siemens Mobility, Traffic Solutions based in Poole, Dorset has been selected as one of three finalists shortlisted for the 2009 Energy and Environment iaward, the first awards of their kind to be backed by the British Government. In association with QinetiQ, the awards recognise and celebrate the best British achievements in science, technology and innovation. Full press release.

 

Managing Director of Mobility UK Gordon Wakeford (centre) accepts the award with Traffic Solutions employees

Traffic technology company Siemens Mobility, Traffic Solutions based in Poole, has been awarded the 2009 Southern England Excellence Award from the British Quality Foundation.
Accepting the award, Managing Director, Gordon Wakeford, said: ‘We have been using the excellence model since 2006 as an annual business health check. Just to become finalists in this prestigious event was good enough but to win on our first entry into the awards is exceptional.’ Full press release

Nottingham City Council has unveiled new variable message parking signs supplied and installed by Siemens as part of a revolutionary new project to help cut congestion and parking queues in the city. ParkSmart aims to establish a comprehensive car-park guidance signing strategy by integrating traffic and destination management for five colour-coded and uniquely named zones in the city centre, each reflecting a specific character of the area.

Siemens Mobility, Traffic Solutions has been awarded a significant contract to provide design services, undertake junction upgrades and supply Extra Low Voltage (ELV) signals as part of the £100m upgrade to Blackpool's historic tram line. Full press release

Leading UK traffic technology company, Siemens made its mark at the recent JCT Traffic Signal Symposium and Exhibition at the University of Hertfordshire with a comprehensive display of the company’s latest product developments. In addition to exhibiting, presentations were made by the company’s Systems Marketing Manager, Mark Bodger and Head of Product Management, Keith Manston, judged best speaker at the JCT event. Full press release

Leading UK traffic technology company, Siemens is hosting a programme of workshops for local authority representatives, consultants and traffic engineers. During November this year, the company is staging eight customer events in Taunton, Tewkesbury, Stafford, Wigan, Wakefield, Chesterfield, Peterborough and Reading to demonstrate specific products in the Siemens traffic portfolio that provide customers with significant energy and carbon footprint reductions.

 

Aberdeen City has completed the second phase of its Variable Message Sign (VMS) programme with the installation of eight new free-text variable message signs at strategic locations on approach roads to the city. Supplied and installed by Poole-based Siemens Mobility, Traffic Solutions, the signs provide drivers with up-to-date travel, air quality and journey time information. Full press release

 

Traffic technology company Siemens Mobility, Traffic Solutions based in Poole, Dorset has been selected as one of three finalists for the 2009 Southern England Excellence Award. Presented annually by the British Quality Foundation, the award recognises business performance improvement measured against Europe's most widely used management framework, the Excellence Model. Full press release

 

A major contract order has been placed with Siemens by DIMTS (Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System Limited) on behalf of the local Transport Department for the development of the city’s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system. The order is for the supply of design services and the installation of a significant range of intelligent traffic signalling equipment including Extra Low Voltage controllers and associated technology for 20 junctions. Full press release

 

Further demonstrating the successful long-term partnership with Siemens, Essex County Council continues to upgrade and increase the number of variable message signs (VMS) on key inter-urban routes across the county.

The programme forms part of Essex’s traffic management strategy to communicate incident, accident and journey time information direct to the travelling public.

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Supporting image of Liz Saville, ITS and Congestion Manager for Essex County Council

Site acceptance tests have been successfully carried out in Perth and Kinross on a new fibre optic network and upgraded traffic control system designed, supplied and installed by Siemens Mobility, Traffic Solutions. Full press release

In partnership with highways services company EnterpriseMouchel, Siemens Mobility, Traffic Solutions based in Poole, Dorset has been awarded a major project by the Highways Agency to upgrade traffic signals at junctions on motorways and major A roads in the South of England with Extra Low Voltage (ELV) equipment. Full press release

Siemens’ new fully-automated, bus lane enforcement system based on Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology - LaneHawk - has been approved by the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA), the first unattended, digital operating system to obtain manufacturer’s approval status. Full press release

Leading traffic technology company Siemens has welcomed the recent announcement by the Government to provide public sector organisations with additional financial help to take advantage of energy efficient technologies. In partnership with Salix Finance (http://www.salixfinance.co.uk) and the Carbon Trust, the scheme will provide interest free loans enabling Local Authorities to invest in the latest energy efficient products in order to save money on their energy bills and significantly reduce carbon emissions. Full press release

 

Left to right: David Farquhar, Peterborough City Council's Head of Environment, Transport and Engineering; Andrew Holt, Akins' Project Director; Clive Goodman, Peterborough City Council's Traffic Management Team Manager; David Cox, Atkins' Commission Manager and Susan Fitzwilliam, Peterborough City Council's Development Officer.

In partnership with leading engineering and design consultants Atkins, Peterborough City Council has introduced a new Urban Traffic Control (UTC) system supplied and installed by Siemens to improve its management of the traffic network around the city. The aim is to reduce the amount of time motorists spend waiting at traffic lights to cut congestion, improve journey times and reduce CO2 emissions. Full press releas

New replacement traffic controller equipment using IP communications technology is being supplied and installed by Siemens at ten sites in Reading to enable the authority to commence upgrading the UTC data transmission system from the existing equipment and make use of readily available ADSL broadband communications links. Full press release

 

The innovative bench controller conceived by Transport for London (TfL) and manufactured by Siemens received a commendation at The Institution of Highways and Transportation (IHT) Awards last night (18 June). Designed to improve the local environment in and around the transport system and enhance the urban streetscape, the bench controller was short-listed from over 25 entries to reach the final three entries in the IHT/Ringway Award for Innovation. Full press release

A new fully-automated, digital bus lane enforcement system and a fixed radar-based digital camera are being introduced by Siemens, the country’s leading supplier of traffic technology. Full press release

Integrated mobility expert Siemens has welcomed the findings of a report on UK road safety by the National Audit Office highlighting the need to tackle road safety for young pedestrians and cyclists country-wide. Full press release

 

A brand new type of traffic controller, the first of its kind to be built by Siemens for Transport for London (TfL), has recently been installed on a trial site in London. The innovative bench design conceals a rack-mounted traffic controller running the adjacent pedestrian crossing for use by unsuspecting shoppers and staff visiting the Westfield shopping centre. Full press release

 

A newly developed LED signal head retrofit option from Siemens provides real opportunities for significant carbon footprint reductions. With the same excellent optical performance as existing Helios signals and carbon savings of over 75%, the Helios retrofit enables existing installed signals to be upgraded to the latest CLS LED technology, whilst maximising the re-use of existing roadside infrastructure. Full press release

 

A new family of ST750P high-performance pedestrian controllers is now available from Siemens incorporating the very latest LED technology and low power consumption complete with an attractive range of new pedestrian signals.Featuring robust aluminium die-cast enclosures with poly-carbonate screens, the new modern and vandal resistant pedestrian signals are fully compatible with the entire range of ST750P controllers available from Siemens. Full press release

In partnership with ROBOT Visual Systems, Siemens unveils the MultaRadar S780 at Traffex 2009, a fixed radar-based digital system that offers enhanced flexibility and functionality over existing legacy wet-film cameras. Full press release

A new fully-automated, digital bus lane enforcement system based on Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology has been introduced by Siemens, the traffic industry’s partner of choice for traffic solutions. Providing improved violation detection and management, reduced costs and ultimately more efficient public transport, LaneHawk removes the need for hours of viewing and editing CCTV footage to identify violators and prepare evidential records. Full press release

 

Leading traffic technology company Siemens has launched a new above-ground traffic detector with none of the road surface disruption associated with below-ground systems. Using advanced 24GHz radar technology, Heimdall offers all the benefits of above-ground detection for SCOOT or MOVA installations. Full press release

 

The company’s design and consultancy services group continues to go from strength to strength with a dedicated team of more than 35 traffic engineers now operating from regional offices in Belfast, Glasgow, Droitwich, Lincoln and Poole. Full press release

 

Two Siemens PC SCOOT systems have recently been installed in the Chinese cities of Nanjing and Wuhan, and more equipment has been supplied to Chengdu and Dalian. In Nanjing, located in the Yangtze River Delta, 95 junctions will be managed and controlled by PC SCOOT and in Wuhan, capital of the Hubei province, 426 junctions will be monitored. Full press release

Following a series of recent audits, Siemens has been awarded an Environmental Management System (EMS) certificate by BSI (British Standards Institution). The company is now certified to ISO14001: 2004 standard at Poole, Hayes, Droitwich, Glasgow and Belfast. Full press release

 

With an additional 5,000 vehicles inbound on the approach road to the new IKEA store in Southampton on the opening day alone and 25,000 visitors on each of the first 4 days of trading, traffic demand was not surprisingly at its peak in February. Thanks to pre-planning and the overall effectiveness of the existing management systems supplied and integrated by Siemens, traffic delays were kept to a minimum. Full press release

Event partner and one of the largest exhibitors, Siemens will underline its primary position as UK partner of choice for traffic solutions at Traffex 2009 by unveiling new designs and equipment embracing innovation and sustainability. Visiting industry professionals will be presented with an array of exciting products and services from Siemens aimed directly at addressing environmental issues and helping traffic managers maximise the capacity and performance of their road networks. Full press release

Siemens continues to be at the forefront of innovative traffic solutions aimed at minimising CO₂ emissions and the damaging effects and increasing cost of road congestion. The company’s approach to sustainability for the long-term benefit of local authorities, motorists and general public is also highlighted at Traffex 2009 (stand C10), 21-23 April: NEC, Birmingham. Full press release

Poole-based Siemens has helped the Dorset Blind Association to improve the quality of the transcription service that it offers across the County. Two donations totaling £650.00 have enabled the charity to fund much-needed equipment which is used by volunteers to transcribe and record written material onto tape, CDs and mp3s for the blind and partially-sighted people in the area to enjoy. Full press release

Siemens has scooped two prestigious accolades at the recent ASLEC (Association of Signals, Lighting and other Highway Electrical Contractors) and HEMSA (Highway Electrical Manufacturers and Suppliers Association) annual awards ceremony. Full press release