Citilog wins I-95 incident detection deal

Right: Citilog claims VisioPaD can begin to monitor for incidents without any configuration

Citilog has won an order from Florida’s Department of Transportation (DOT) District 5 in the USA for its VisioPaD intelligent real-time video monitoring and surveillance system to monitor rural areas of Interstate 95.

The deployment allows District 5 to automate traffic incident monitoring along I-95, freeing up staff to better monitor Interstate 4 within downtown Orlando, thereby improving response times across the district.

There are 60 digital video input (IP encoded video) cameras covering a 160km (100 miles) stretch of I-95. There is also a plan to install an additional camera on Interstate 75 sometime in the future. The cameras feature Citilog’s VisioPaD solution, which was specially developed for automatic incident detection and advanced video surveillance on highways, expressways, bridges and tunnels. It integrates into District 5’s SunGuide system.

District 5 employs five operators at the Regional Traffic Management Center to monitor over 800km (500 miles) of interstate, toll roads, and arterial roads in Central Florida.

“Deploying Citilog’s VisioPaD solution will enable us to save time – approximately four hours per shift, 12 hours per day – through its comprehensive automated real-time monitoring capabilities,” says Michael Smith, ITS systems manager for Florida DOT. “This time saved will therefore allow us to shift more resources to monitoring Interstate 4 within the downtown Orlando area, thereby increasing our overall traffic monitoring and incident response capabilities district-wide.”

“Citilog’s VisioPaD is a unique, state-of-the-art video detection system,” claims Harold Worrall, chairman of Citilog. “The ability to adjust to weather conditions, traffic or accidents and dynamically recalibrate for camera adjustments will save money for Florida’s DOT and the instant response will allow them to quickly respond to incidents on the heavily traveled I-95.”
 

11 November 2008