Siemens has supplied and installed its 1,000th traffic enforcement camera in the UK this year to monitor traffic on the newly-constructed A612 Daleside Road bus lane, the first in the UK to allow exemptions to Ultra Low Emission Vehicles (ULEVs). The milestone deployment is part of Nottingham’s Go Ultra Low City scheme which aims to boost the take-up of ULEV vehicles across the region.
Designed specifically to operate automatically in an unattended capacity, Siemens’ CCTV-based Lanewatch Mk3HD cameras form part of the company’s market-leading civil enforcement product portfolio. The new 1.4 mile bus lane on Daleside Road is equipped with 10 enforcement cameras to monitor and enforce traffic using the bus lane. The cameras are wireless and can be relocated to other priority enforcement sites in the city if the need arises.
Each Lanewatch camera monitors a section of the bus lane and makes use of ANPR technology to detect vehicles. Onboard software then reads and checks the number plate of the vehicle against a DVLA vehicle emissions database in real-time to establish if it qualifies as an ULEV. Vehicles that do not qualify are recorded and the evidence is later used to issue a Penalty Charge. From parking and bus lanes to red routes and yellow box junctions, Siemens offers proven solutions to monitor and enforce additional traffic contraventions including more complex moving traffic violations such as banned turns, no entries, going the wrong way in a one way street and illegal U turns.
Councillor Sally Longford, Portfolio Holder for Energy and Environment, said: “There are more than 12 miles of bus lanes in Nottingham, designed to give public transport passengers fast, reliable services. We already work with Siemens to maintain our existing enforcement cameras, and we knew we could rely on them for our newest bus lane, which allows ULEV drivers too.”
