Because Sundsvall municipality also wants to improve its city center environment and traffic flows, it is introducing a parking guidance system. The system comprises 24 signs that will guide road users to four major parking installations in the city center. This will make it quicker and easier to park and will mean better use is…
Last year Infracontrol was awarded the contract to deliver the new traffic information system based on the Infracontrol Online cloud service to the Swedish Transport Administration’s ferry company. The first ferry route to get connected and receive new signs was Vaxholmsleden, and the system went into operation in October 2012. Following a successful trial period,…
It’s going to be easier to find a vacant parking space even in Jönköping. Around 25 signs will show the way to vacant spots in seven of the major parking locations in the city center. Signs and parking areas will be connected to Infracontrol Online, which will control and monitor everything via GPRS. The aim…
The Swedish Transport Administration’s National Traffic Management Support (NTS) has been helping traffic managers make safe decisions fast since 2004. Now the system will be even more powerful and simpler to use. With the assistance of specialist expertise from Infracontrol, user studies and requirements analyses are in progress to form the basis for improvements that…
Now it’s also time to modernize the traffic, operations and safety functions systems in the Lundby Tunnel. Midroc Automation is the main contractor and it has engaged Infracontrol to upgrade the monitoring system and to introduce a new traffic control system. The objective is to improve safety and make work in the traffic management center…
The Triangeln Station in the newly opened City Tunnel in Malmö is not just an exciting design, it also employs exciting new technology to count the number of passengers using the station. Counting takes place by means of sensors that carry out video analysis performed locally in each unit. Because no images are registered or…
The monitoring system for Gothenburg Tramways has now entered its fifteenth year of uninterrupted operations. The system is in use around the clock by traffic managers at TLI, Gothenburg Tramways’ traffic management and information unit, to remotely monitor switches and signals. The hardware is now being upgraded to safeguard the supply of spare parts. –…
Interest in bike counters is growing fast. A new type of bike counter has been installed in four places in Borås, and now Karlstad will also get two. The new type of bike counter counts the number of cyclists and presents the information locally and on the town’s website. They also provide an entirely new…
When traffic gets snarled, quick action is called for. Trafik Stockholm has a totally unique decision support system that helps traffic controllers to quickly take the right action. For example, during a vehicle fire in 2008, the entire Södra Länken tunnel system was safely closed in less than 2 minutes. 24 minutes later, the fire…
Göteborgs Trafiklednings– och informationsenhet (TLI) is the municipal traffic control unit that guides bus and tram traffic in Göteborg. This is the heart of operations, whose task is to ensure that all passengers have access to secure, safe and well-functioning public transportation around the clock. Infracontrol simplifies everyday life for traffic controllers by gathering important…