Siemens has a long and distinguished record of supporting public sector partners at the national and local level and helping to deliver excellent public services and best value. Siemens’ determination to achieve high performance and excellent results ensures that Client’s needs and challenges are deeply understood and incorporated into our services, products and ways of working.

Intelligent Transport Systems ( ITS ) offer a sustainable and cost effective way of maximising the efficiency of existing highway assets through real time optimization of traffic flows and the balancing of demand and supply of road space by the dissemination of road network intelligence to all road users at all times.

As a leading supplier and integrator of ITS systems and equipment Siemens Mobility’s Consultancy ServicesTeam has a unique insight into the challenges of managing and operating the active components, applications and transmission networks which form the modern ITS infrastructure. This insight can be deployed to help Clients manage periodic and non-periodic congestion, deliver reliable journey times, improve air quality, manage assets and enhance road safety. This expertise can be provided at any level of involvement, from individual junction signal control schemes and pedestrian crossings to county and city wide ITS solutions.  

The effective selection, deployment, operation and maintenance of an ITS infrastructure presents a range of institutional, economic, human and technological challenges. Siemens Mobility has been involved in the development and deployment of ITS since the beginning of the concept and it is able to apply this experience together with sophisticated tools such as ITS Frameworks and Microsimulation combined with SCOOT. These tools can provide a systematic mechanism for capturing objectives, understanding the needs of key stakeholders and deriving a procurement and deployment strategy which can provide input to further work such as cost benefit analysis, rollout options and risk management.

The successful implementation of an ITS network management strategy depends on professional project management, underpinned by an effective risk management process. A proven track record of successfully delivering ITS solutions throughout the UK and worldwide has enabled Siemens to accumulate extensive experience in the project management of ITS schemes and the measures required to meet the associated challenges. This service is provided through a team of professional project managers who employ the latest standards and tools to deliver effective planning, communication and risk management. The Project Management Team is complemented by Siemens Mobility’s Consultancy Services team who can deploy their expertise to commission and manage the deployment of large and small ITS schemes.

Ensuring that the service provided by the road network meets the needs of all stakeholders in the most cost effective way requires an active commitment to continuous improvement which takes into account economic imperatives and service delivery. Identifying and measuring informative network data is critical to this process of continuous improvement. Siemens has extensive experience of exploiting the ITS infrastructure, using both existing traffic management sensors and ANPR technology, to provide meaningful metrics about network use. The unique link between Siemens’ implementation of UTC and microsimulation  also provides a valuable tool for assessing the impact of changes and evaluating future options.