Leeds City Council is extending the use of automated CCTV enforcement systems for bus lanes after a two-year trial. The council has just awarded Videalert a contract to roll the system out to an extra ten sites. Deployment to these new sites will be complete by the end of 2013.
Videalert bus lane enforcement was originally installed in late 2011 after the company won an open tender. Cameras were initially installed to monitor bus lane offences in five city centre sites where the number of motorists illegally driving into bus lanes to avoid traffic congestion reduced by up to 90 per cent in the first year alone, the product firm reports. The product was rolled out to a further seven sites in 2012 including five on the A65 ‘Quality Bus Corridor’. Besides helping to speed traffic flow and reduce bus journey times, the city council is hoping that this will encourage more people to leave their cars at home and use public transport.
The Videalert platform automates and streamlines the capture and video recording of vehicle contraventions and integrates with software that issues Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs). This redeployable product uses 3G to wirelessly transmit data to the council’s parking control centre so it can be used in any location. Leeds City Council has made cost savings as the system is compatible with existing CCTV cameras.
According to David Richmond, CEO of Videalert: “We are delighted to be working with Leeds City Council on this important project which demonstrates that our unique and innovative approach to developing digital CCTV-based enforcement solutions can deliver significant benefits to local authorities compared with traditional systems. Using a single integrated platform, the Videalert system also enables users to extend enforcement to banned turns, box junction and other infringements even in heavy traffic environments.”
About Videalert
Videalert a UK supplier of civil traffic enforcement products,that includes integrated video analytics and ANPR for the enforcement of moving traffic offences including bus lanes, banned turns, yellow box junctions and stopped vehicles. deployment options including wired LAN, Wi-Fi LAN, 3G-WAN, mobile, attended and unattended as well as supporting all analogue and ONVIF compliant digital megapixel cameras. Videalert’s Digital Video Platform can also be extended for other applications such as vehicle counting, continuous video recording, BOFII police integration, car park entry/exit and tolling options, security and public realm. For further information, visit www.videalert.com
