Parking & access control

Urban tunnel replaces viaduct, improves safety Earthquake sensors, automatic barriers and real time monitoring systems are all part of a scheme to make a major Seattle traffic artery safer, by taking it underground. Huw Williams reports. Seattle's metropolitan area of 3.5 million people, like much of the western seaboard of the United States, lies in an earthquake zone. In Seattle's case, the city and its hinterland sit atop a complex...

Growth of contactless parking payment systems Wave and pay credit and debit cards have arrived. In the parking sector, authorities and operators quick to accommodate new contactless payment technology are already benefitting We're on the edge of a contactless revolution, declares Parkeon's parking director for the UK and Ireland Danny Hassett. Parkeon reports a groundswell of customers gravitating to contactless credit and debit card...

Long range radar aids wide area traffic monitoring Applications of long range radar technology are demonstrating its effectiveness as a first line of defence for highway managers adding greater resilience and capability to existing systems. Development efforts are bringing long range millimetric wave radar to the fore as a very useful tool for managers of highway networks. Application of radar for wide area monitoring in traffic management...