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Traffic Management A safe and secure system for automated traffic management

As urban populations expand and city roads becomeincreasingly congested, city planners need compre-hensive urban development and transport policies to address deep-seated social and demographic change. Effective policies must meet multiple objectives:u Strike a balance between different modes

of transport: pedestrians, bicycles, motorcycles, cars and public transport,

u Provide security, safety and optimum service for transport system users,

u Maintain the mobility that drives economic development,

u Reduce urban pollution caused by motor vehicles.

Alongside longer-term solutions such as upgrading public transport systems and introducing city centre road toll systems, high-performance traffic management systems can be crucial to the success of a city planning and transportation policy.Thales brings to the table more than 35 years of experience as a designer of centralised traffic management systems for urban and suburban areas. Drawing on extensive know-how in system engineering and integration, Thales develops flexible, turnkey traffic

management solutions and supports customers at every stage from concept design to system deployment. Thales systems and solutions provide operators with easy access to the data they need to ensure trouble-free operation and monitor system performance at all times.

u Improved safety for travellers Better traffic control for improved road safety and shorter response times by emergency services

u Shorter travel times in urban areasSmoother traffic flows and shorter public transport journey times

u Less pollutionLower fuel consumption and less environmental impact

u User informationAccurate, reliable user information to improve the travel experience

Advantages of the Thales Traffic Management Solution

Traffic signal management• Choice of control policies

• Synchronisation between zones

• Special functions (e.g. priority for emergency services)

• Optimisation, junction by junction, for the prevailing traffic conditions

• Priority for public transport

Traffic data • Traffic flow, occupancy

• Speed

• Detection of vehicle type

• Detection of gap between vehicles

Maintenancemanagement

• Transmission of SMS messages to maintenance operatives

• Maintenancemonitoring

• Equipment monitoring

Congestionmanagement

• Congestion detection

• Analysis of cause

• Automatic application of congestion relief procedures

Central system management• Event planning (road works, demonstrations,

weather conditions)

• Operational and maintenance statistics

• Traffic supervision

• Manual priority control

User information management• Dynamic message signs indicating

travel times, road works and accidents

• Real time indication of car park capacities

• Display of information on web sites

Connectivity withexisting systems

• Fleet management for public transport

• Special systems (tunnel management, etc.)

• Traffic observatory

Weather and pollution monitoring

• Datacollectionfrom specialisedmonitoring stations

• Automatic implementation of appropriate actions

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EYE WAY is a leading ITS solution developed in collaboration with the French Laboratoire Central des Ponts & Chaussées (patented).Relying on advanced technology from Thales, EYE WAY is a new and innovative outstation for traffic data collection and analysis. Compared with conventional systems, EYE WAY provides significantly more traffic measurements with better accuracy and greater detail, while minimising the number of sensors required.

EYE WAY offers a complete range of solutions for automatic traffic data collection:u POM EYE WAY is an outstation design for urban

traffic monitoring using French standard DIASER protocol with either TCP/IP or serial RS interface.

u UD EYE WAY is an outstation design for monitoring traffic on main roads and motorways using French standard TEDI / LCR protocol with either TCP/IP or serial RS interface.

EYE WAY is suitable for almost all traffic monitoring applications:u Data collection and analysisu Urban traffic managementu Safety management in tunnels and hazardous zonesu Toll systems, automatic parking monitoring,

enforcement systems, airport systems, etc.

EYE WAYA powerful solution for intelligent traffic systems

SEGUR + CLAIREThales’s SEGUR* + CLAIRE* traffic management system is suitable for integration with legacy field networks as well as new networks compatible with the French DIASER standard. The system is based on industrial grade servers to guarantee a high level of reliability. With its intuitive Windows-based user interface, the central system is extremely easy to use and provides operators with easy access to map data supplied by a Geographic Information System (GIS).

*SEGUR – Scalable urban traffic management system (Système Evolutif de Gestion Urbaine de Régulation Trafic)*CLAIRE – An expert system for congestion analysis and management under licence from INRETS