Transportation security applications - Case studies
SightLogix IP thermal video analytics systems have been deployed by the New York State Bridge Authority (NYSBA) to protect five large North Hudson River bridges. NYSBA is using SightLogix’ smart video perimeter security system to secure the Bear Mountain Bridge, Newburgh-Beacon Bridge, Mid-Hudson Bridge, Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge and the Rip Van Winkle Bridge which together serve more than 1 million Hudson River crossings each week. Bridge security requires accurate, reliable intr...
Operators at the traffic monitoring center belonging to the Southern Bavaria autobahn authority need to have the traffic situation in view at all times, whatever the weather conditions. They need to see clearly even when it’s raining, snowing and when the air is heavily polluted so in autumn 2011 the authority started and extended trial using an Argus high speed pan & tilt system from Geutebruck. This was installed on the A9 not far from Allianz-Arena near Munich. Here the autobahn has...
Airbus, a leading aircraft manufacturer with operations in 80 countries, recently upgraded the employee time & attendance system at its Spanish factories in Madrid and Seville. Italy-based Zucchetti Axess linked up with its Spanish partner, SoftMachine, to implement a comprehensive and multifunctional LEGIC-based system. Airbus and Zucchetti Axess established their initial contacts at a LEGIC meeting. That encounter developed into a challenging partnership, as the global aircraft company be...
XProtect Professional VMS enables the use of HD network cameras and license plate recognition analytics Milestone XProtect® Professional open platform IP video management software (VMS) is the basis for an updated and expanded surveillance solution at Movianto, a comprehensive logistics and transportation service provider for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. The move from analog to IP has enabled the use of High Definition (HD) network cameras and license plat...
Located at northern Colombia, the city of Santa Marta is a popular tourist destination due to its colonial past and proximity to the Caribbean Sea. Job opportunities have drawn many Colombians to the city in recent years, but the urban development cannot catch up with the surging population and vehicles, which have led to congested roads and increase in traffic infractions. To mitigate the problems encountered, Santa Marta's traffic authority decided to apply stricter law enforcement while proh...
Located in the islands of Canary, Spain, the Tenerife Tram (Spanish: Tranvía de Tenerife), a light rail/tram system inter-links the island and passes through various corners of the city via underground tunnels, high-speed express ways and densely populated localities transporting the citizens of the island.Concerned with the growing threat spanning from anti-social elements to force majeure events, the Tenerife Tram management team decided to implement a video surveillance solution to kee...
Cassidian will provide the TETRA system with a complete set of equipment, including base stations Cassidian, an EADS company, has won a bid to deliver its digital TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked Radio) communication system for the first tram network (Hunnan Xinqu) in Shenyang, the provincial capital of Liaoning, in China. This is the first contract that Cassidian has won on the Chinese tram market. This marks the start of Shenyang’s wide-ranging tram project, under which the...
Vemotion encoder offers efficient video compression and transmission ensuring quality video images Vemotion Interactive, specialists in live video transmission over low bandwidth connections, recently announced its technology has been deployed in a fleet of EnterpriseMouchel vehicles in London to assist the provider in managing its client’s road network. The video technology, using a GSM cellphone network, was particularly useful during the high levels of traffic e...
Mobotix cameras and Pivot3 appliances enables Anchorage DOT to store 24 days of video MOBOTIX Corp., an industry-leading provider of high-resolution, network-based security solutions, and Pivot3, the leading provider of converged storage and compute appliances in the surveillance market, recently announced that the Municipality of Anchorage has deployed a comprehensive surveillance system at the Anchorage Downtown Bus Transit Center. The Anchorage Department of Public Transpor...
NICE Systems to enhance Bangalore metro security with its IP video surveillance and analytics NICE Systems announced recently that Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has launched a successful go-live of NICE’s security solutions at Namma Metro. This includes full implementation at the train’s Operations Control Center (OCC) and across six metro stations. Using NICE IP video surveillance and analytics, Namma Metro is enhancing passenger safety, securi...
Six Bosch stainless steel MIC cameras will be installed on Twin Sails Bridge Six CCTV cameras from Bosch Security Systems have been installed on the newly constructed Twin Sails Bridge in Poole, Dorset, to monitor all traffic and pedestrians making the crossing, and vessels passing beneath the bridge. The Twin Sales Bridge features two triangular lifting leaves which, when raised, form the iconic shape of a yacht’s sails and thus reflect the maritime history of the coas...
Hytera provided prototype of Hytera DMR mobile radio MD78XG to ILPAP for trial To Greeks, trolley bus is a major travel tool. Hytera supplied ILPAP, one of the most important trolley bus operators in Greek, with a robust wireless communications system, covering all the 23 routes run by ILPAP in Athens and Piraeus areas. The 23 trolley bus routes run by ILPAP cover more than 350km with 80 million annual passenger rides. To enhance operation efficiency and better serve passenger...
MobileCamViewer offers reliable carrier-grade cell phone-based video surveillance and remote monitoring The Transportation Department of the Stanwood-Camano School District in northwestern Washington State transports 2,700 K-12 students to and from eight schools each day. The sheer volume of the student body requires a large bus fleet for the daily schedule, and protection against theft and vandalism is pertinent to keep everything running on time. The school district h...
The NICE Solutions that have been deployed at Lima Metro include NiceVision, NiceLog and NICE Inform NICE Systems recently announced that Lima’s electric train authority, Autoridad Autónoma Tren Electrico (AATE), has implemented NICE’s integrated security solutions at Lima Metro, the new mass transit system for Lima, Peru, which is the fifth largest city in Latin America. Serving millions of passengers monthly, Lima Metro is using the NICE solutions portfoli...
TKH Security's video surveillance system comprises 84 Siqura PTZ IP dome cameras Few would contest that to build a city, you need a lot of steel. So, it’s not surprising that Steel City is one of the primary suppliers of this precious metal to the blossoming metropolises of Latin America. Located in the southeast region of Brazil on the Paraíba do Sul River, Steel City is officially known as Volta Redonda. It is home to one of South America’s largest steel a...
With rapid expansion achieved mainly through acquisitions, the Danish De Sammensluttede Vognmænd (DSV) company is one of the largest and most profitable transportation & logistics companies in Europe. Their commitment to sustained expansion has recently been underlined with the construction of a major new distribution hub, secured, using a NVT UTP video transmission based CCTV system. From the expansive facility located in the Belgian city of Ghent, DSV's European distributio...
Security and high-quality images is of premier importance at Arriva Midlands Ltd’s bus depots Covering an area that stretches from Birmingham to Wrexham, through to Derby and Leicester, Arriva Midlands Ltd is a major provider of public bus transport in the midlands region. Securing both company assets and staff, Arriva Midlands Ltd recently embarked upon a major security programme at their newly built Shrewsbury bus depot. The comprehensive surveillance system’s sp...
AMG's 3700 series solution allows for smoother traffic flow and time savings AMG, the world leading manufacturer of transmission solutions, has supplied their AMG3700 series transmission solution for the integrated security & surveillance solution at the newly opened Woodsville Tunnel in Singapore. The solution has been implemented by Guthrie Engineering (S) PTE Ltd on behalf of the Land Transportation Authority. Guthrie is Singapore’s oldest Engineering Company with...
Network Rail was keen to improve the overall coverage Reading train station is set to become the first station in the UK to benefit from HD TV quality IP-based surveillance. Network Rail has awarded Certificates of Acceptance to a range of IP cameras from Axis Communications to significantly improve coverage at the station and provide a safer environment for rail staff and customers. Reading station's new IP-based CCTV surveillance system is currently being rolled out as part...
iQ-Road packages for Intelligent Road Transportation sector comprising applications for highways, tunnels and urban centers Having implemented its Advanced Surveillance systems in Airports, Railways and other organizations around the world, iOmniscient has now brought its technology to bear on the Intelligent Road Transport sector. The company studied in depth the requirements for Road Traffic Management and the issues faced by current users of such systems and developed a com...
Taipei Metro deployed Vivotek MD7560 network cameras Background Public safety, incident management, risk reduction and access to clear evidence - today’s transit authorities face many challenges. Metro systems are commonly deployed in cities, urban agglomerations and metropolitan areas to transport large numbers of people at high frequency. Some of the busiest metro systems in the world, just to name a few, include New York City Subway, Shanghai Metro, London Undergroun...
Attika tollway has 355 traffic monitoring and toll security cameras, including 261 PTZ and 94 fixed cameras IndigoVision’s integrated IP Video surveillance system is helping to keep traffic flowing smoothly on the Attika Tollway around Athens, with hundreds of cameras helping operators identify and respond to problems on the road. The 65km Attika Tollway forms a ring road around metropolitan Athens, and is the backbone of the Attika Prefecture road network. It is unique...
Although the Barcelona Metro (Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona, TMB) surveillance system has on occasion helped police to catch an organized group of thieves, crime was not the reason TMB started installing cameras twelve years ago. With over one million people traversing the city each day on TMB trains, with stops at more than 100 stations, Barcelona’s Metro authorities needed to make sure that things were running smoothly and safely and that commuters could get where they needed to...
Airports have a critical need for effective perimeter security to enable quick response to incidents. A March 2 story on ABC World News, where an intruder at the Philadelphia airport broke through perimeter fencing and drove on the runways until he was apprehended, highlighted the fact that 1,300 perimeter intrusions have occurred at US airports since September 11, 2001. The news story pointed out that airports are deploying intelligent perimeter solutions like those manufactured by SightLogix...
Athens International Airport was opened in 2001 to replace the now-closed Athens (Ellinikon) International Airport. It has become increasingly popular as a gateway to southeast and East Asia. In addition, it is the largest European gateway airport to the Middle East, due to its nearness to the region. Business objective The airport is designed to be upgraded over the ensuing years in order to meet the challenges of the increase in air travel. It is known for its continuous investment in pionee...
The last few years have seen the risk (and also the perceived risk) to mass transportation passengers increase significantly, so there has also been a firm desire to make sure that individuals who enter secure areas do so with full clearance and authentication. This has become a prominent preoccupation for the travel industry, but thankfully the access control sector recognises and embraces these concerns and specialist manufacturer and supplier TDSi is leading the vanguard with regards to makin...
In Bangkok, there are more than 2.6 million vehicles are on the roads daily. It is estimated that drivers on average have to spend around 22 days each year stuck in the traffic. One of the busiest roads penetrating the heart of Downtown Bangkok, Vibhavadi Rangsit Highway is no exception. This Highway is frequently congested with cars and motorcycles as commuters traveling in and out of the capital city, especially during the rush hours. MESSOA traffic cameras brought in to meet high requirement...
Public spaces, such as airports, metro systems or railway stations, are commonly full of people and full of life. Whether it is a sense of internationality, the rush of daily commuters or simply the colorful dynamic of a heterogeneous environment, there is always lots to see. In order to uphold this inspiring perception of public areas and to ensure their trouble-free operation, a great deal of work goes on behind the scenes – particularly with regard to safety and security. Due to the ma...
Vemotion's solution allows live video images from any remote site to be fed back to the EM Service Control Centre Vemotion Interactive, specialists in live video transmission over low bandwidth connections, announced a new project win from EnterpriseMouchel, a rapidly expanding organization providing integrated network management and operations services for many major highways across the UK. Vemotion mobile CCTV capability is installed in the first EM vehicle deployed on thei...
Known to some as the home of mariachi music and to others as the home of a great number of renowned writers and artists, Guadalajara is without a doubt a major cultural hub of Latin America. It is also the second largest city in Mexico and the capital of the state of Jalisco, making Guadalajara a strategic place for both businesses and government. It is therefore not surprising that the municipality is modernising its internal revenue and land registry offices with new IP-based CCTV surveillance...
