Blogs
Stop-Line Detectors: How Scotland’s Roads are Benefiting from Radar
Two installations earlier this year of the TMA-122 Radar Stop-line Detectors offer great examples of why this game-changing traffic management technology is becoming increasingly visible on Scotland’s roads. Both installations were carried out by Dynniq following a...
The VersiCam™ traffic detector: night time performance review
Back in May 2020, C&T Technology installed a trial of the Iteris VersiCam™ video traffic detector camera on a busy junction of the A38 Gloucester Road in Bristol. The aim was to replace a failed SCOOT detector and to make a long-term performance...
The Economics of Inductive Loops vs. Radar Traffic Detection
There are a host of traffic detection systems available. In this blog, we look at a cost-benefit analysis of the inductive Loop traffic detection system compared to the latest generation of radar detection systems for a typical, busy urban road junction. The Loop...
Are we finally ready to get serious about protecting cyclists?
Next week marks the close of the UK government’s consultation on the first major revision of the Highway Code in a generation. One of the main changes being proposed for protecting cyclists is to create “a formalised hierarchy of road users, which...
How to count bicycles on the highway and cycle paths.
Part of the standard report on the IDASO core system The Icoms Detections TMA-3B3 Radar / LIDOR counts bicycles and collects speed data on bicycle paths, and bicycle lanes. The non intrusive technology can be mounted on existing street furniture and the data is then...
How to replace a SCOOT Loop with a Video Detection System in Five Simple Steps
This blog describes how to replace a SCOOT Loop detector with a video detection system. As illustrated in our recent Bristol case study video detection is now considered a viable and cost effective alternative for conventional SCOOT loop detectors and are...
TMA-122 Radar replacing traffic light detector loops in Glasgow
Glasgow City Council in 2016 took on trial two dual zone detectors as an option for replacing traffic light detector loops. After extensive testing they installed radar VA detectors on traffic signals in the city usually on single approaches or sites that were not...
VersiCam™ vehicle video detection proves an effective alternative to a conventional SCOOT loop detector
One evening in May on Bristol’s busy A38 Gloucester Road, one of the main arterial roads in and out of Bristol, a SCOOT detector at a busy junction with an adjacent side road fails. Despite lockdown restrictions having eased traffic levels slightly, for this...
Portable Bicycle counters in Lancashire.
Pedestrian and cycling counter installed near Bamber Bridge, Lancashire. The Icoms Detections TMA-3B3 Portable Bicycle counters use Radar / LIDOR to collect and report bicycle counts and speed data on bicycle paths, and lanes. The non intrusive technology can be...
Compare a Radar Traffic Counter to an Inductive Loop Counter
About Radar Traffic Counter Classifiers We carried out a 3 week study to compare an Icoms TMSA-SA radar traffic counter with an inductive loop detector traffic counter. The TMS-SA is designed to enable an engineer to carry out traffic surveys for up to 3 weeks without...