Tag: traffic

A NEW IoT SOLUTION FOR SAFER HIGHWAY

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From the analysis of the data provided by the motorway radio rooms, arise that the overcrowding of service areas is a serious and shared problem, which goes well beyond the difficulties of accessing and managing spaces.

More often than one might think, congestions in the area put the motorist in a position to risk dangerous maneuvers for himself and for others; the danger is obviously aggravated if heavy vehicles are involved.

Heavy vehicles situation

There are frequent cases of trucks that, having taken the entrance ramp to the parking area, are forced to have to go out in reverse due to jams; other times, even if they manage to access, they are unable to stop and try to reach the exits but find them blocked by other vehicles. At this point they try to return to the highway in the wrong direction, directly from the entrance track, and then make very dangerous maneuvers to take the right direction on the roadway.

Some motorways are already equipped with systems that do not solve the problem: they merely dissuade from carrying out these maneuvers which, however, as mentioned above, are often necessary.

Softech IoT Solution

In partnership with A22 – Autostrada del Brennero, Softech has developed an ad hoc solution that aims to solve the problem simply by …preventing it!

The system, of which the experimentation has already started and almost completed, avoids the risk of saturation of the parking areas by monitoring them with a network of IoT sensors which, using the LoRa technology, allows to know the situation in real time; using dedicated software, the information is transmitted to the motorway radio rooms which can manage crowding by placing restrictions on access and / or by sending security personnel (traffic police) to the site.

The software can interface with third parties and communicate to commercial or not users, the situation of occupation of the parking areas; there are multiple communication channels that can be used: variable message panels, radio channels, applications for mobile devices, internet, etc.

The project was born in partnership with Autostrada del Brennero, a long-time user of our systems. For more information, contact us: marketing@softechweb.it or sales@softechweb.it

SMART PARKING: KEYDRIVER FOR SMART CITIES

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A smart city is an urban area in which, thanks to the use of digital technologies and more generally of technological innovation, it is possible to optimize and improve the infrastructures and services to citizens, making them more efficient.

According to a classification made by the University of Vienna, there are 6 factors that distinguish a smart city, that is:

  • Smart economy
  • Smart living
  • Smart environment
  • Smart mobility
  • Smart people
  • Smart governance

KEYWORD: CONNECTIVITY

The combination of smart city and connectivity will lead to a new frontier of mobility in which data-driven technologies will make the difference.

Technological innovation and, in particular, the Internet of Things (IoT) has opened the doors to countless possibilities; Sensor networks and Long Range technologies (LoRaWAN) are the basis of the smart revolution in every area of city management (think of smart lighting systems, smart metering, etc.).

But intelligence also means guaranteeing the inhabitants a more sustainable city and infrastructures capable of improving the quality of their life, which means greater attention to the environment, but also to mobility.

According to the EPA (European Parking Association), 30% of urban pollution depends on traffic due to the search for parking. Not only CO2 emissions are increasing but also the stress of motorists who are estimated to spend between 2.5 and 10 days a year looking for a parking space, with an average annual waste of diesel fuel of about € 310.

SMART PARKING is the solution

To cope with the situation, it is possible to use one of the many smart parking systems available on the market, some of which are also very complex and able to integrate with parking surveillance and payment systems, with a consequent financial commitment on the part of the buyer.

But the benefits are significant and can already be obtained with a low cost but technologically advanced system such as our Open Parking.

Born in collaboration with some municipal bodies, the project involves the installation on the stalls of special magnetic technology sensors, able to read the presence or absence of a vehicle on the stall and send the communication to a central platform using the low range network ( LoRa).

The information is provided to users in charge of control, but also to surveillance and to citizens who, through an app, will be able to easily identify free stalls and be guided along the route. They will also be able to report any dangerous conditions on the stall, infringements by other users or malfunction of the app.

The advantages deriving from the installation of Open Parking are even more relevant if related to the economic investment required: low consumption, low maintenance required, and long battery life mean that in addition to being smart, Open Parking is also a solution low cost.

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