Transportation security applications - Case studies

IndigoVision's integrated IP Video CCTV system is providing monitoring for a traffic calming system in the Belgian city of Antwerp.  The CCTV system monitors a series of automated bollards that regulate traffic on a number of the city's streets, alerting the Antwerp Police to malfunctions, accidents and acts of vandalism.The bollards can be lowered automatically during pre-determined hours or when buses and trams pass using on-board transponders.  Local residents and other authorised p...

In Holland, Maat Transport is the first company that is offering a high secure Truck Parking for regular clients and trucks passing by.  Recently, an IP surveillance solution with ACTi hardware was deployed in this transportation company.As an experienced company in the world of logistics and transportation, Maat is aware of the big problems with stolen cargo and therefore saw the need in building this automated truck parking.  In order to make the parking profitable, the par...

Electric transport is now a reality, but how do you re-charge your electric car batteries if away from home or have no access to a ground floor electricity supply?                            Knightguard Security in Brighton, in partnership with Park and Power, has devised an innovative kerb-side re-charging unit featuring Paxton Access' Net2 access control so...

COE Limited, the UK based developer and supplier of advanced video surveillance systems, has completed the supply of a major system to DW Projects for safety monitoring on the M1 widening scheme near Watford, London, UK.  The 10-mile-long Motorway widening scheme is planned for completion in December 2008 and will add a fourth lane to this southern section of the M1 between J6A and J10 that links to the M10 and M25 London orbital.  Principal Contractor Balfour Beatty Skanska JV (BBS JV...

IndigoVision, the leading supplier of end-to-end IP Video solutions, is providing its technology as a backbone for a new integrated traffic monitoring system for Bangkok's outer ring road network.  Existing toll plaza CCTV surveillance systems located across 75km of the ring road have been integrated into a new central control room.  Staff in the control room can now view high-quality video from inside and outside of the four toll plaza complexes, providing central monitoring for t...

Verint Systems Inc., a leading provider of analytic software-based solutions for workforce-enterprise optimisation and security, recently announced that Metro Transit has selected its NextivaTM Transit solution to enhance the security of passengers and operators on-board its buses in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. Metro Transit manages an integrated network of buses and trains and is the 18th largest transit system in the US, with approximately 240,000 rides provided each weekday.  As...

Europe-wide usage of varifocal lenses from SENKOADL includes current installations on the Spanish railway system.Over 500 varifocal lenses (2.8~12mm and 3~8.5 mm) are being fitted internally on trains run by RENFE, the national operator in Spain which is responsible for 15,000 km of track across the country.The lenses are being used on passenger rolling stock with the focal range depending on viewing lines.  The units are functioning from compact Sanyo colour cameras and the client reports...

IP Video systems manufacturer IndigoVision is providing the technology behind an innovative train safety monitoring system.  Georgia-based locomotive manufacturer CLCX, Inc. has fitted an IP Video CCTV system to a freight locomotive to enhance operational safety, improve ease of use and provide a diagnostic tool in the event of problems.  The locomotive operates on a manufacturing site moving raw materials and finished goods.  The IP Video system helps improve operational safety b...

Siemens Building Technologies Security Systems has won a contract worth in excess of £550,000 to provide Hertfordshire Constabulary with Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) solution at sites throughout the county.  The contract includes the design, supply, installation and commissioning of the systems, as well as associated work such as traffic management, obtaining planning permission, and liaison with the numerous third parties that have an interest in the project.The success...

Three Predator VC12 MultiViewers from Zandar Technologies are helping drivers and passengers on a New York railway line to ‘mind the gap'.  The MultiViewers are part of a $1.3million CCTV system that has been installed at Syosset station on the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) in Nassau County, to improve passenger safety and reduce the risk of accidents.Each of the station's two platforms has been fitted with 12 CCTV cameras and three 46-inch LCD flat-screen monitors that receive...

The City Council (DCC) has selected AMG Systems to provide its fibre optic transmission network for traffic management and controlAMG Systems Ltd. has been contracted by Dublin City Council (DCC) to supply its new innovative fibre optic transmission system Guardian-LiteTM 3700 for traffic management and control of Dublin City and surrounding motorways.This announcement follows AMG's breakthrough in launching the world's first fibre optic transmission system to integrate Ethernet with high qualit...

Fixed focal length lenses from SENKOADL have been installed recently in a major traffic observation exercise being conducted by Edinburgh City Council. The 2/3" format lenses are 35mm and 50mm models that are being used predominantly from USB board cameras.  Over 50 of the lenses have been deployed.  The camera/lens assemblies are mounted on traffic light poles at major roads leading in and out of the city with images being recorded digitally for review by Council traffic managers...

Regional Transportation District (RTD) of Denver is a public transportation district that provides transit services to 8 counties and 44 municipalities, with 85 million annual passenger trips aboard light rail, bus, access-a-Ride and call-n-Ride services.  With 1300 buses, 16 miles of light rail and another 19 miles to be added within a year, the RTD's Treasury handles millions of dollars in collected transit fees per year.The Treasury is secured by a "man-trap" with a Lenel c...

To monitor traffic conditions and maintain safety at distant locations, transfer of video images of exceptional quality is crucial.  A SISTORE CX video-over-IP solution from Siemens integrates analogue cameras with an intelligent digital video codec, providing outstanding image quality of the Gotschna Tunnel at a superior cost/performance ratio.The Gotschna Tunnel, opened in Switzerland at the end of 2005 with a length of 4.2 km, and is part of the Klosters by-pass and the federal highway A...

ACTi's IP Camera CAM-5320 and IP Speed Dome CAM-6610 have provided a clever solution to support traffic statistics recording and accident monitoring in Thailand.  On the Phapradang Ring Road, all cameras are connected by fibre optic cable within a LAN environment.  At the side of the camera, customers just plug the network cable into the media converter then the video will be transmitted via the fibre optic cable. In the central control building, the system integrator is setup with thr...

COE Group Plc, the developer and supplier of advanced video systems, has been selected supplier of choice by Distelco, Italy, for the supply of high resolution video codecs for the Martignano Tunnel project in the Trentino region.  The COE X-Net® G3 MPEG4 codecs form the core of the video encoding and transmission system and will make up part of the overall safety system which also incorporates Citilog's MediaTunnel automatic incident detection across 26 of the 43 cameras located within...

 RemGuard Visual Management's remotely monitored CCTV protects Spinney Motorcaravans from unwanted intrudersControlling Caravan CrimeCloser to home, due to the growing threat of crime, Spinney Motorcaravans in Cheshire has moved from the early days in the 1970s of open frontage, with no walls in sight, to a situation now where the very latest remotely monitored CCTV, provided by RemGuard Visual Management, protects the site from unwanted intruders, particularly overnight.Said Nick Holland,...

March Networks, a leading provider of IP-based video surveillance solutions, announced today that 96 new Electrostar cars for the Gautrain Rapid Rail Link in Gauteng Province, South Africa, will be equipped with the Bombardier SEKURFLO transit security solution.  The video surveillance component of the SEKURFLO solution is jointly designed and developed by Bombardier Transportation and March Networks.Encompassing 80 km of dual-lane track, the Gautrain will connect Johannesburg and Tshwane (...

High-resolution bullet cameras from Rainbow are being used for security monitoring and licence plate recognition at the vehicle terminal serving Europe's busiest port, Dover.  The cameras are allowing Kent Police to observe both freight and car traffic at the Eurotunnel plaza in Folkestone which connects with the M20 motorway.  They are being used within ticket machines and operator's booths, the system activation being hardware triggers from loops on traffic lanes or contact closure w...