Upgrading to save energy

September 2013 | siemens.co.uk/traffic
Streets Ahead
The magazine of Siemens Mobility and Logistics, Traffic Solutions
Upgrading to
save energy
Page 3
New EV solutions for UK
page 6-7
Thinking Cities
page 11
Welcome to JCT
Welcome to the latest edition of Streets Ahead, published as we assemble
at JCT to welcome our customers onto the Siemens stand and discuss the
latest developments in traffic technology and ways in which we can help.
Since we last published Streets Ahead at Traffex 2013,
more and more of our customers are considering the
benefits of cloud-based technologies and their use in
traffic control management. Continued developments in
IT and improvements in communications bandwidth have
led to exciting new possibilities for hosting, which in turn
offer additional benefits in the fields of traffic
management and control. Changing demographics and
working patterns, coupled with ever-increasing demands
on on a shrinking number of control room staff, justify a
new look at how systems are delivered and transport
networks managed.
Clouded vision, or silver lining
The adoption of cloud technology, already widely used for
traditional IT applications, offers significant potential for
flexible deployment options and access from any
connected location to support these demands. At JCT,
Mark Bodger’s presentation (Session 2 from 11.00, Thur
19th Sept) will consider the benefits and business case
around the use of cloud technology for traffic
management solutions, as well as the potential pitfalls
which may be encountered en-route.
Passive safety is always a keenly debated issue and it
is the subject of a second paper being delivered by
Siemens at JCT.
Demonstrating the on-going shift to lower voltage
equipment, we have also helped an increasing number of
authorities to carry out modernisation programmes this
year to help reduce energy and carbon emissions. Recent
projects for Transport for London and East Sussex are
described on page 3 opposite.
Introduced at Traffex, production of our new sixth
generation traffic controller is now fully underway with
the first ST950 units leaving the Siemens award winning
factory in Poole this month.
Finally, we very much look forward to welcoming
customers to next month’s User Group meetings in
Coventry - see page 8.
Matthew Vincent,
Deputy Sales and Marketing Director
[email protected]
Passive Safety
Faced with a number of safety issues concerning
the correct implementation of passive poles
schemes, Siemens has embarked on a Passive
Pole Project which aims to agree on a full set of
pole and equipment compatibilities as well as
providing data and best practice suggestions
which may be used by those involved in the
design of passive pole schemes.
At JCT this year, Siemens will present a paper titled Passive
poles, active thinking (Session 6 from 11.00, Friday 20th
September) which will focus on two aspects of the project:
defining an effective risk assessment process and dealing
with structural strength considerations.
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Upgrading to save energy
and reduce carbon
As part of an ongoing programme of traffic control modernisation, Transport for London
(TfL) is replacing over 9,000 signal heads with Siemens Helios ELV signals and upgrading
almost 5,000 pedestrian wait indicators with ELV this year alone. The contract with TfL also
includes the supply of up to 500 new ELV controllers for junctions and pedestrian crossings.
According to TfL’s Iain Blackmore, the new equipment is being installed across London at
over 300 modernisation sites enabling TfL to upgrade to the latest LED technology and
benefit from significant power savings.
Meanwhile, East Sussex County
Council has been granted funding
from the Salix Carbon Reduction fund
together with internal energy
reduction funding to deliver a
programme of traffic signal LED
replacements across the County. Using
the Siemens LED retrofit existing Helios
traffic signal heads have their halogen
luminaries replaced by LED versions.
The traffic controller is also modified to
allow for lamp monitoring of the new
LED aspects. The process is quick and
easy with a typical site being upgraded
in a couple of hours.
Installation teams from Siemens are
currently working to deliver more than
2,700 LED signals which, when
complete, will contribute some
200+ tonnes of carbon reduction to
the Council’s energy and carbon
reduction programme.
Martin Wylie, Senior Engineer for East
Sussex County Council, said:
“Alongside the carbon savings the
Council is also making financial savings
both from the reduced energy and
reduced maintenance costs.
Operational improvements are also
expected as the meantime between
failures should exceed that of the
Halogen luminaries being replaced.”
For both Helios and Peek Elite traffic
signals, the retrofit is achieved by
simply replacing each existing signal
head door and incandescent optical
assembly with a new LED CLS door and
upgrading the controller. This ensures
that existing investment in the majority
of the installed signal is retained,
minimising waste and disposal issues,
which further enhances the carbon
savings achieved by the Siemens
retrofit option.
In addition to easy installation and a
full lamp monitoring compatibility
with Siemens controllers, the new
Central Light Source LED retrofit
solution provides excellent optical
performance. It uses yellow LEDs in
order to provide improved visibility,
particularly in bright sunlight.
Thanks to the continued use of the
well proven SIRA lens, and despite
their low power, the optical
performance of the signals is excellent,
offering both high brightness and
outstanding phantom performance.
The LED retrofit options also include
effective solutions for upgrading
incandescent wait indicators allowing
previously incandescent sites to be
converted to completely LED operation.
Contact: Regional Sales Managers
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Manchester to
enforce city bus lanes
Siemens has been awarded a contract by Manchester City Council to
supply unattended bus lane enforcement cameras to sites across
the city. Working with Zenco Systems, the UK’s leading supplier of bus
lane enforcement equipment, the solution will enable Manchester City
Council to identify unauthorised vehicles using the lanes restricted for
the unhindered flow of buses, capture the event
and prepare an evidential record to support the
issue of an enforcement notice. The cameras are
redeployable and will be moved around a number
of locations to provide maximum coverage.
The contract includes the supply, installation and maintenance of 15 Lanewatch
cameras, two review stations and instation software to be hosted in the cloud,
together with the provision of 3 years maintenance and an option for a further
2 year extension.
According to Siemens Sales and Marketing Director Tom MacMorran, the contract
brings together class leading services and equipment from Siemens and Zenco
Systems. ‘Together, we are able to offer a highly capable and dependable solution
to address the requirements of Manchester City Council for enforcing bus lanes.
We are confident that our solution will discourage inappropriate use of the bus
routes, allowing approved public service vehicles to deliver reliable journey times,
make modal shift to public transport a more attractive proposition and ultimately
reduce road congestion within the city,’ he said.
The proven capabilities of LaneWatch and the Digital Enforcement Suite are
complemented by Siemens’ established traffic signal maintenance services,
ensuring Manchester benefits from a local field support organisation with
considerable installation and maintenance experience. Furthermore, Siemens will
provide a 24/7 manned call centre, equipped with the latest systems to support the
installed solution.
In April 2012, Siemens partnered with Zenco Systems to win the prestigious
Olympic Route Network Enforcement (ORNE) contract. The contract required
Siemens to provide, install on existing support infrastructure, maintain and daily
relocate 30 ANPR cameras around London during the period of the 2012 Games, in
order to enforce appropriate usage of the Olympic Route based upon a vehicle
registration white list. Within this contract Siemens also assumed responsibility for
provision of an appropriate instation review facility to allow enforcement
processing within an existing back office solution.
‘Through this contract, Siemens developed a strong working relationship with
Zenco Systems and is proud to have achieved Channel Partner status. The
confidence established in both Zenco Systems and its LaneWatch, coupled to
Siemens’ proven installation and support delivery capabilities has encouraged
further recent participation in competitive Bus Lane Enforcement tenders,’ added
MacMorran.
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SafeZone begins road
safety enforcement
The first UK installation of SafeZone,
Siemens’ innovative and award-winning
average speed enforcement system, has
started enforcing in Bedford Borough this
month. A road safety campaign led by the
Mayor of Bedford Borough Council, Dave
Hodgson, resulted in the installation of
SafeZone in the parish of Milton Ernest.
The average speed of vehicles travelling along
the A6 and Radwell Road in Milton Ernest will be
monitored and evidential records of vehicles
exceeding the assigned speed limit sent to
Bedfordshire Police.
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New MOVA release delivers
enhanced functionality
Fully integrated within Siemens’ new ST950 controller, MOVA 7 provides
significant new logging and reporting functionality utilising advanced IP
communications, without the need for additional outstation equipment.
TRL approved, MOVA 7 will now become the standard for all new supply of Gemini
UTMC OTUs and ST950 controllers. Both versions implement up to four MOVA
streams of control and up to 64 detectors per MOVA stream. The Gemini version
interfaces to both Siemens and non-Siemens controllers.
Contact: Regional Sales Managers
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New EV solutions for UK
Building on recent successes in the market, Siemens unveiled a new
range of multi-standard rapid charging points for electric vehicles this
month at LCV2013 held at the Millbrook Proving Ground. The new
equipment is now available as a result of an exclusive agreement
with the Portuguese Group Efacec, the country’s largest in the field of
electricity and electronics, and customised solutions for energy,
mobility and the environment.
Fully-approved to OLEV specifications,
the new range of industry leading
charging technology manufactured by
Efacec includes both modular DC and
AC variants for all types of charging
standards including CHAdeMO and
CSC COMBO 2 options. For slow or
fast charging, the AC Charger with
single or dual outlets provides single
phase 3.6 kW up to three phase 22 kW
charging output and can be floor
standing, pole or wall mounted.
Combining AC and/or DC fast charging
both modular DC 20kW and DC 45kW
chargers provide charging times of
just 20 and 40 minutes depending on
EV type and can be kiosk or non-kiosk
in configuration.
The new charging units
can be fully connected to
Siemens or third party backoffice systems to provide
Pay As You Go access and
collection of rich usage data.
According to Mark Bonnor-Moris,
Head of Electromobilty UK and Ireland
Siemens, as a key innovator and
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provider in the electric vehicle
infrastructure market, the company is
committed to the continued delivery
of sustainable and long-term
solutions.
‘The EV infrastructure market is now
moving away from the initial wave of
low power underutilised on-street
equipment. EV charging equipment
manufacturers, drivers and
infrastructure owners are now
demanding more powerful fast
charging units that provide drivers
and operators with improved and
easier access to enable greater range
and increased flexibility’, he said.
rapid charger have so far been
installed at fourteen different sites
including a fourteenth century
public house in Rockingham, parking
bays and associated services at
Rockingham racetrack and a 50kW
rapid charger in a central location in
the town of Corby.
This requirement for fast charging
and improved access leads to the
provision of fully network solutions
both at an energy/load management
level and at customer access level for
increased payment options,
availability status and reservation’,
he added.
In Corby, a new network of Siemens
EV charging points for electric
vehicles has recently been installed
by Siemens as part of an agreement
with Electric Corby with the support
of Corby Borough Council. Seventeen
3-phase AC chargers and one DC
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EV charge points installed at
London Underground car parks
New EV trade body
Siemens has joined forces with other equipment
suppliers in the UK electric vehicle market to form a
new trade association for the sector. The UK Electric
Vehicle Supply Equipment Association (UK EVSE) will
represent the interests of charge point providers,
charger manufacturers and suppliers of EV Charging
Management Systems active in the UK market.
The founding members of UK EVSE include ABB,
APT Technologies, Charge Point Services, Charging
Solutions, Chargemaster, Charge Your Car,
Elektromotive, EVEO Solutions, Rolec Services, POD
Point and Siemens. The UK EVSE is supported by
Cenex, who provide an independent secretariat
function for the association and will be Chaired by
Robert Evans, CEO of Cenex.
Siemens has completed the supply and installation of
charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in 12 London
Underground (LU) car parks across the capital for UK Power
Network Services. The new network of 60 Siemens AC
intelligent charge posts is fully integrated into Source
London, the UK’s largest electric vehicle membership
scheme with over 1300 charge points.
UK EVSE aims to provide a collective and consistent
voice for the industry participants within the UK EVSE
community, focused on technical matters, policy and
stakeholder education. UK EVSE members are
committed to supporting the development of national
and commercially sustainable networks of electric
vehicle charging infrastructure and to working with
the motor industry to aid the processes of introducing
new electric vehicles to the UK market.
The charge points are supported by associated services
including management, operation and maintenance and the
supply of charging post management software.
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Calling all young engineers
TEC is joining forces with Siemens to find the next generation of traffic
and transport engineers, with the launch of a new competition which will
see the winner receive a year’s contract with Siemens Mobility in the UK.
The aim of the Young Traffic and Transport Engineer of the
Year Award is to help promote young, talented engineers in
the industry and the important role of traffic and transport
engineers within local authorities and the private sector.
Entrants will write a series of technical papers, undertake
work experience at Siemens UK and a number of face-toface interviews, with TEC and Siemens working alongside
key Universities and Colleges in the UK.
The award, which will be launched at the JCT Symposium at
the University of Warwick in the UK on September 19, will
see undergraduates compete for the prize over a year.
Details on how to enter will appear on TEC’s sister website:
transportnetwork.co.uk
User Groups
This year’s Siemens User Groups will take
place on Tuesday 08 and Wednesday 09
October at The Best Western Plus Manor Hotel,
Main Road, Meriden, Solihull, CV7 7NH.
This popular annual event enables us to come together with colleagues
and valued customers to share best practice, discuss challenges and
share the very latest Siemens thinking and product developments.
As in previous years, the focus will be on Systems including UTC / PC
SCOOT, Stratos, ANPR, Comet, VMS / Elektra on day one and On street
and service including RMS, Fault Management and Field Services the
topics for day two.
To facilitate the user discussion sessions on best practice, we normally
have a selection of short presentations from users regarding new,
innovative and effective solutions which have been implemented using
Siemens systems and technology.
For further details and to book a place, contact:
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Change of roles
Here at Traffic Solutions in Poole, we are
pleased to announce a few changes to our
organisation. Mark Bodger, a familiar face to
many of our customers, has moved to our
Engineering team on secondment and
Nick Ebsworth has joined the Product
Management team from Engineering.
As a result, David Pregon (pictured) will assume full
Product Management responsibility for systems, including
Stratos, its ongoing development strategy and daily
management priorities, whilst retaining responsibility
for our existing cloud based system, InView.
Nick Ebsworth takes on product management
responsibilities for SafeZone, Elektra VMS and for the
new Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (EVI) product range.
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On the road to excellence
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Since 2007, Traffic Solutions has used the European Foundation Quality Management (EFQM) model as a key
framework to assess its business excellence, understand its strengths, identify areas for improvement and drive a
culture of continuous improvement. In 2009, the company won at the South of England Excellence Awards and
this year, we have been selected as one of three finalists for the UK Excellence Awards.
Entrants are comprehensively assessed against the EFQM Excellence Model, Europe’s leading management
framework. The process involves producing a qualification file and having a team of assessors from the British
Quality Foundation look at every aspect of the business for one week. The UK Excellence Award is one of the
highest accolades an organisation in the UK can achieve.
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A busy year for Consultancy Services
Siemens is dedicated to providing support to its customers at all stages of the network
management lifecycle, from strategy, planning and concept through to implementation,
service delivery and continuous improvement. Focused on five different areas of the
industry, our Consultancy Services team is ideally placed to help deliver schemes and
our wide UK base enables us to respond quickly to local requirements.
Traffic engineering
Operational support
In Nottingham, a project to re-design a busy junction has recently
been completed by Consultancy Services working closely with the
team at Nottingham City Council. Mansfield Road (A60) is one the
main routes into Nottingham, and with high street amenities and a
primary school close by, is subject to a consistently high volume of
traffic and pedestrian activity throughout the day. In addition to the
design of the traffic signal and civil works, the turnkey solution to
improve capacity included construction of the site, supply and
installation of equipment and SCOOT validation. The combination of
high volume of traffic, coupled with relatively high volumes of
pedestrians made the construction of the site particularly challenging
with the site being kept live and pedestrian routes maintained through
the traffic management.
Siemens has provided a hosted PC SCOOT
service to operate the traffic signals in
Southend-on-Sea. As part of the contract,
UTC experts from the Consultancy Services
team are working with Southend engineers
providing daily operational support to keep
the system up to date. As well as the remote
service, the team is providing on-street
validation exercises to ensure that the
system is operating to its full potential.
Strategy and demand management
A comprehensive review of the Norfolk UTC system has been
completed by Consultancy Services. An initial assessment report
completed by one of our UTC experts detailed that a review of the
existing events, CASTs and timetables could lead to increased system
usability and help with system maintenance. The work to review and
update the system was completed on a region by region basis as well
as implementing strategic controls including the automation of SCOOT
based on flow.
Implementation
With traffic patterns in urban areas changing
over time, especially with new developments,
a refresh of SCOOT and MOVA validation can
make welcomed improvements to network
operation. Kent County Council has worked
with Siemens to review the SCOOT operation
at a number of key sites across the county
with the aim of improving general operation
and providing a more reliable journey time.
Environmental and
economic support
A familiar problem facing many
authorities currently is the change over
from redundant private lines to other
communication methods for UTC.
Siemens has completed phase 1 of a
project to rollout UTMC communications
using a combination of ADSL and wireless
technology to over 70 traffic signal sites
throughout the Cheshire West and
Chester region. Site equipment and
communication surveys, conducted by
Consultancy Services, formed the initial
part of the design with a complete set of
installation specifications and drawings
providing the detail of requirements.
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Thinking Cities
One year on from his appointment as Cities Account Manager, we explore the views of Nigel Weldon on the
company’s approach to meeting the ever increasing transport and traffic challenges of major cities. In the role,
Nigel focuses on the wide range of products and services that Siemens can offer cities to achieve their ambitions.
How would you define a
‘thinking city’?
For me, a thinking city is one that’s
seriously thinking about, and planning
for, the issues that it will be faced with
in the future. They’re well known
figures now, but 50% of 7 billion
people live in cities today and 70% of
9 billion will be doing the same by the
time we get to 2050. That’s nearly the
total population of today’s world, all
living in cities. Some cities are already
making good progress with dedicated
Future City departments that are solely
thinking about the challenges of the
years to come and how the city will
need to be shaped.
What is your role in its development?
As a Cities Account Manager with
Siemens, I try to help the city
understand and prioritise its main
challenges, what its Key Performance
Indicators need to be and to think
about a structured way forward on
infrastructure investment that will
stand them in good stead for the
future. In today’s economic climate, a
big issue can be a lack of funding to
get improvement projects off the
ground, so discussing spend-to-save
initiatives (normally around energy and
communications infrastructure) is
always interesting.
What does the average city dweller
need in terms of smart mobility?
I’m not sure there is an average city
dweller these days. People want
tailorable transport information and
services and I think we’re closer now
than we’ve ever been to true, integrated
Mobility. These systems will give people
live travel data whilst they’re on the
move and also help them to avoid
traffic (or people!) jams whilst still
travelling in keeping with their own
personal values, whether that be low
cost, speed, sustainability etc.
All cities are different. How much
is there a one-size-fits-all for a
thinking city?
I don’t think there is a one size fits all
solution. Systems need to have the
flexibility to scale up or scale down
modularly and on demand. We’ve had
scalable systems like this in the traffic
business for a few years now and the
principles need to translate across to all
mobility systems.
What part has ITS technology got to
play in the truly thinking city?
Without a doubt, people today are far
more mobile than they used to be.
People travel further and for longer
than they’ve ever done. Without
effective ITS systems, I believe that a
city will struggle to be competitive and
people will simply make the choice to
live in another city which has better
transport facilities. People are less
precious now about where they live and
cities will need to provide an efficient
and affordable transport experience if
they are to remain competitive and
attractive to inward investment.
New route to Smarter Cities
TEC and sister magazine, Surveyor are
launching a new conference,
The Route to Smarter Cities, to take
place in Derby, UK on February 20,
2014. The conference, will examine
the transport and traffic element
behind the development of smart
cities in the UK. It will draw on
experience of local authorities who are
already working towards developing
smarter cities and will prove useful for
those wishing to in the future. Whilst
there have been conferences the smart
cities approach over the past few
years, not one has attempted to
analysis what this means in terms of
the road infrastructure and for the
traffic, highways and transport
departments within local authorities.
With economic recovery continuing at
a sluggish pace and budgets for both
capital and operating expenditures
remaining constrained, public-sector
agencies are having to work more
intelligently to honour their statutory
commitments. In many cases, simply
matching the capabilities and
deliveries of past years isn’t enough –
an information-hungry public,
increasing used to having answers at
its fingertips, demands ever-greater
levels of access and accuracy.
www.transport-network.co.uk
www.surveyorevents.com
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