Highway & Network Management

Indonesia’s cities suffer congestion

May 1, 2018

Indonesia’s major cities are suffering chronic congestion due to growing vehicle numbers in the country. Capital Jakarta has long been noted for its heavy traffic congestion but studies now show Bandung, Semarang, Surabaya and Yogyakarta to be suffering in this respect also. There are now around 125 million vehicles on Indonesia’s roads according to the latest data, an increase of some 300% from the 30 million registered vehicles in 2004. Of the personal vehicles used and owned by Indonesians, some 85-90% a

VIDEO: Telstra drone LIDAR maps Melbourne’s EastLink Mullum Tunnel

April 13, 2018

One of the applications for LIDAR is to make high resolution 3-D maps. Self-driving cars are pre-loaded with a LIDAR map of the trials area in which they are permitted to fully self-drive themselves. The cars also have their own LIDAR scanner which captures a real-time LIDAR view of the vehicle’s surroundings. The fully autonomous driving system within these prototype cars compares the real-time LIDAR view against the pre-loaded LIDAR map to significantly increase the accuracy of their self-positioning

EU missing target of halving road deaths by 2020, says ETSC

April 12, 2018

Halving the number of deaths on Europe’s roads by 2020 is not likely to be achieved, according to the European Transport Safety Council. The 28 members of the European Union reduced the number of road deaths by 20% from 2010-2017, far less than the 38% cut needed to stay on course to meet the 2020 target. The European Commission has just published data showing that deaths on EU roads fell by only 2% last year, following a similar decrease in 2016 and a 1% increase in 2015. “For four years in a row, the

No turning around for Gateshead with Signstr8 anti-rotational posts

April 4, 2018

The northern English city of Gateshead has adopted Signstr8 anti-rotational sign posts from SignPost Solutions to help reduce maintenance costs. Gateshead has specified Signstr8 for all of its steel post sign installations where strength capacity allows. As opposed to standard round poles, the 76mm diameter steel Signstr8 pole has a 30mm flat face to prevent the sign from being misaligned or rotated. The design avoids the need for costly call-outs to ensure signs are correctly orientated. They can prevent

The Rollsroller Traffic 600/145T is a sign of the times

April 4, 2018

The Rollsroller Traffic flatbed mounting and lamination applicator, from Swedish sign maker Rollsroller, is designed specifically for high-volume production of road signs It has a special profile bed adjustable to fit almost any extruded guide sign panels, according to the manufacturer. Bed length for the Rollsroller Traffic 600/145T model is 6,000mm and width is 1,450mm. The pneumatically controlled roller is automatically adjusted for substrates up to 60mm. The adjustable aluminium profile bed is desig

UK awards long-term road comms contract to telent Technology

April 4, 2018

UK government agency Highways England has awarded telent Technology Services with a major contract to manage over 30,000 roadside assets including messages signs and cameras. Under the seven-year deal worth around €510 million, telent Technology will run the agency’s National Roads Telecommunications Service in England. The centre connects seven regional control centres as well as the national traffic operations centre.

Parsons and Sensys Networks collaborate in Caltrans District 7 DCCM

March 28, 2018

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) District 7, in conjunction with Parsons, is implementing an advanced Arterial Management System (AMS) at 91 signalised intersections on California’s Pacific Coast Highway and Parallel Arterials from I-105 to I-110. The Pacific Coast Highway AMS Project is a critical element of the Caltrans Dynamic Corridor Congestion Management programme. Several US cities are implementing a DCCM programme which looks at major transport arteries, including rail and pub

Mott MacDonald picks up Highways England’s operations centre deal

March 28, 2018

Mott MacDonald will set up an asset management system as part of Highways England’s new technology operations centre. Under the T-TOC contract - Tools for the Technology Operations Centre – Mott MacDonald will work with Fujitsu which will develop a suite of software systems to monitor and manage electronic assets across Highways England’s network. Highways England has nearly 100,000 intelligent infrastructure devices across England’s strategic road network – trunk roads and motorways. T-TOC will enable a

Porokello app cuts down reindeer accidents

March 28, 2018

Drivers in Finland now have access to a downloadable reindeer-on-road warning app for their iOS and Android smartphones. The Porokello app – Reindeer Bell - alerts users of reindeer possibly on the road by sound and colour in real time using geographic data, according to Finland’s Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment of Lapland. Tests have been carried out since June 2016 when the centre started recruiting commercial drivers to try the app. When they come across reindeer either on

Porokello app cuts down reindeer accidents

March 28, 2018

Drivers in Finland now have access to a downloadable reindeer-on-road warning app for their iOS and Android smartphones. The Porokello app – Reindeer Bell - alerts users of reindeer possibly on the road by sound and colour in real time using geographic data, according to Finland’s Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment of Lapland. Tests have been carried out since June 2016 when the centre started recruiting commercial drivers to try the app. When they come across reindeer either