11 September 2009

Lyndurst, Hampshire deploys high vehicle detection to improve traffic flow

Traffic flows through the New Forest town of Lyndhurst are very high - particularly in the summer.  To improve traffic flows through the town, Hampshire County Council decided to change the traffic signal timings to run the left turn from the High Street into Romsey Rd at the same time as the left turn from Romsey Road into the High Street.   A problem was identified however, that when an HGV carries out either left turn manoeuvre there is insufficient space for vehicles to pass in the opposite direction.   IDT designed a solution which detects HGVs approaching the junction and uses this detection to cancel the left turn arrow presented to drivers approaching from the opposite direction.


12 December 2008

Sheffield Mesh network Phase 1 complete

The first phase of Sheffield City Council's mesh network has been completed within the 4 month programme required by the Client. The mesh network provides connectivity to around 130 junctions for the UTC (Urban Traffic Control) system supplied by Peek Traffic Limited. Working closely with the Authority's other contractors and consultant, IDT undertook site surveys, mesh router supply and commissioning. The Client's attention to project management at the outset paid dividends as no major problems were encountered during the programme. The deployment of IDT's iMesh technology are already delivering savings in revenue costs to the Authority which are believed to be significant.


5 October 2008

West Midlands VMS use IDT's GPRS technology

A £26m package of improvements aimed at reducing congestion and improving bus journeys in the West Midlands will use IDT's highly secure GPRS router technology to deliver communications to the variable message signs.   The UTMC-compliant signs are being manufactured by Variable Message Signs Limited and will communicate with a central instation supplied by Envitia.  IDT will deploy virtual private network routers at the instation to complete the secure links to the roadside signs.


16 September 2008

Low Bridge Warning System implemented in Ashton

Network Rail have contracted IDT to protect a railway bridge in Greater Manchester from enduring further damage and destruction.  The bridge has been hit a reported 38 times in the last five years, gaining itself a reputation as the most "bashed" in the whole of Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire.  Total delays to trains to have risen to 5,000 minutes. Working alongside Tameside Council, Network Rail has developed four interactive signs which will alert drivers to the low bridge. Gary Openshaw, Network Rail, said "with each crash comes a serious delay which affects our passengers and closes the road.  Now we have the new interactive signs, drivers can have no excuse for crashing into the bridge."


22 August 2008

Scarborough Park & Ride sites to be added to UTMC network
Scarborough Borough Council are building on the success of their mesh network by deploying IDT's car park counters at the new park and ride sites at Seamer Road and Filey Road.   The system will serve car park occupancy to a planned UTMC instation supplied by Tenet Technology.


14 August 2008

Doncaster Parking Guidance
Doncaster MBC are implementing parking guidance and strategic driver information signs from VMSL which will communicate with the UTMC instation using IDT's GPRS routers.  The system is part of the South Yorkshire ITS project (syITS) which includes Sheffield and Rotherham.


18 July 2008

syITS coverage to grow further
The South Yorkshire ITS project (syITS) is expanding again with further driver information signs in Sheffield and Rotherham. The signs are being supplied by Techspan Systems and will communicate across an IDT-designed GPRS network with the syITS instation.


1 July 2008

IDT win Sheffield UTMC communications network
Sheffield City Council have awarded a contract to IDT for the design and implementation of one of the UK’s largest mesh radio networks. The system will provide wireless, revenue-free connectivity to around 100 traffic signal controllers throughout Sheffield.  The network will be implemented using IDT’s iMesh™ router which supports full mesh networking protocols using open standards in a package designed for use in roadside applications. Brent Collier, Sheffield City Council’s Principal Engineer, said “the iMesh™ network is part of syITS (South Yorkshire Intelligent Transport System) which will provide 21st Century, UTMC-compliant traffic control and travel information throughout the region.”


23 February 2008

Bedfordshire deploy CCTV over iMesh™
Bedfordshire Highways, a partnership between Bedfordshire County Council and Amey, have deployed CCTV across iMesh™ at several junctions throughout the county. The CCTV cameras and communications products and services were supplied by IDT working closely with Amey and other contractors.


2 February 2008

Edinburgh starts new Park & Ride sites
City of Edinburgh Council are installing IDT's car park occupancy counters in three new Park & Ride sites at Ingliston, Straiton and Wallyford.  The counters will communicate with the UTMC instation (supplied by Mott Macdonald) across a network also designed and implemented by IDT which uses a combination of GPRS and xDSL technologies.  The network is an open but secure network which is shared with several variable message signs in the area.


16 November 2007

Scarborough deploy iMesh™ for Peek UTC

Scarborough Borough Council have awarded a contract to IDT for the design and implementation of a mesh radio network to link 17 traffic signal controllers to the town’s new UTC system. 

The network will be implemented using IDT’s iMesh™ router which supports full mesh networking protocols using open standards in a package designed for use in roadside applications.

Bruce Bedford, Scarborough’s Traffic & Transportation Manager, said “the mesh network is a key component of phase 1 of the Scarborough Integrated Transport Scheme (SITS), Scarborough’s UTMC roll-out, which will ultimately include a UTMC common database and driver information signs.”


13 June 2007

Cumbria choose iMesh™ for Siemens UTC
Cumbria County Council have deployed iMesh™ to provide communications to Siemens Gemini Controllers at several junctions in Barrow, Cumbria. The network is linked via a fat pipe to the UTC instation 54 miles away in Carlisle. The system was only feasible because of the low operating costs of the fat pipe and the zero operating cost of the iMesh™ network. A qualitative study by Capita, Cumbria's service provider, shows IDT's network in Barrow as outperforming BT local links in Carlisle (despite the 54 mile 'extension').

 




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