ITS systems and an ITS architecture

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ITS systemsand anITS architecture
Brendan OBrien Head of Technical Services
Raods Traffic

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Lecture Outline

• What is ITS
• Some ITS systems in Dublin
• Need for a defined architecture
• The ITS Architecture and the SWIFT project

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What is ITS

• Intelligent Transport Systems(ITS)
• The system defined as the electronics,
  communications or information processing used
  singly or integrated to improve the efficiency or
  safety of surface transportation.
• Covers all areas from traffic management to in
  car systems.

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ITS in Dublin

• SCATS
• CCTV
• VMS
• Video detection
• Journey time using licence plate readers
• Microwave detection

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Why Use ITS

• Making travel safer and more efficent
• Simplifying public transport use by providing
  accurate real time information
• Reducing pollution
• Protecting vulnerable road uses.
• Accident reduction by driver information

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CCTV Network

• 80 cameras on line
• Uncompressed digital transmission
• Pan tilt zoom
• Available on web site

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CCTV monitoring
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Traffic Info Congestion Map

• See Dublin City Council website for example

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Real Time Passenger Information