Lysekil is one of the latest municipalities to choose Infracontrol Online for streamlining their technical administration and improving the service to their citizens. The service was launched in May of this year and added Lysekil to the Infracontrol Community, which now consists of 170 public sector operations and more than 15 000 registered users. The…
The Beach Cleaning Map, a service provided by Infracontrol on behalf of the West Coast Foundation (Västkuststiftelsen), has been a great success as a simple tool to mark areas where cleaning is needed as well as where cleaning has already taken place along the Swedish west coast. It also makes it easier for the municipalities…
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…
For just over a year, the Cascais municipality in Portugal has been using the City Points app to engage its residents. Whenever they do something to benefit the community, they are awarded points via the app. The points can be used to compete against others or trade for vouchers. For municipalities wishing to take their…
Illegal graffiti is a form of vandalism and a major concern in many municipalities. It pollutes the public space, creates insecurity and costs a lot of money and resources to clean up. One way to face this growing problem is to report all graffiti to the police immediately, recommends BRÅ, the Swedish crime prevention council.…
The new nationwide FixMyStreet service launched in April offers a simple, uniform way of reporting faults and shortcomings in an urban environment as it passes the report to the appropriate municipality no matter where in Sweden you happen to be. We have now integrated FixMyStreet with Infracontrol Online, which distributes information to the right person,…
Nacka is one of many municipalities that use Infracontrol Online to gain better control over its technical operations. It has used the service since 2009 to monitor traffic signals in the municipality. Last spring it extended the service in a pilot project to manage all cases in the highways and traffic area. The service simplifies…
The signal safety monitoring system for Gothenburg Tramways has now entered its 25th year of uninterrupted operations. Traffic managers at TLI, Gothenburg Tramways’ traffic management and information unit, use the system round-the-clock to remotely monitor switches and signals and keep tram traffic running smoothly and safely. Over the years, the proprietary Infracontrol system solution has…
Back in 2003 the City of Gothenburg Traffic & Public Transport Authority realized how important it is for an installation owner to have control of all technical systems. Infracontrol created a traffic light supervision system to which all of the cities control units could be connected regardless of make. This formed the basis for Infracontrol…
