Birmingham Clean Air Zone enters operation
Birmingham City Council’s new Clean Air Zone is now being enforced. Siemens Mobility Limited designed and installed the scheme, which has the company’s Sicore II automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) camera at its heart. The solution covers the area within Birmingham’s A4540 Middleway (but not the Middleway itself) and has been designed to encourage the […]
Siemens confirms autumn Yunex rebrand
Siemens ITS has confirmed that its rebrand to be called “Yunex Traffic, A Siemens Business” will be completed by 1 October. In an email, Siemens ITS UK Managing Director Wilke Reints explains that this stand-alone Siemens-owned company is “a significant step that will allow us to respond faster and more flexibly to you, our customers, […]
Westminster City Council reaches landmark with installation of 1,000 EV charging points
Westminster City Council and Siemens have installed more than 1,000 on-street Electric Vehicle Charging Points in the City, making Westminster the first local authority in the UK to reach this milestone. The council, working in partnership with Siemens GB&I, installed the 1,000th EV charging point in April 2021 and are on track to deliver another 500 […]
Aimsun and Siemens win Abu Dhabi hybrid transport model contract
The Integrated Transport Centre (ITC) Abu Dhabi has chosen Aimsun and Siemens to develop its ground-breaking Hybrid Simulation Model. Adding to its traditional 4-step modelling, the new framework also covers meso and micro models and near real-time simulation. The ITC is linking big datasets, including day-to-day anonymised mobile phone tracking, water/electricity consumption by household, live […]
Siemens ITS “renaming as Yunex Traffic”
It’s reported that the intelligent transport systems division of Siemens is to be renamed Yunex Traffic. Reuters says the German engineering company is pressing ahead with plans to “carve out the signalling business ahead of a potential sale”. The report adds that the business, which operates in more than 40 countries and has annual revenue […]
Siemens competition unearths next generation of engineering and technology business talent
Siemens has found the next generation of engineering, technology and business talent through an innovative, virtual competition which challenged students to design a smart, sustainable and interconnected transport system. The two-day hackathon-style event, called ‘Siemens SustainaCity Racer’, involved 60 students from 11 of the company’s partner universities including the University of Manchester. Participants were put […]
Siemens completes installation of monitoring and enforcement cameras on Birmimgham City Centre CAZ
Siemens Mobility has completed the installation of all 67 monitoring and enforcement cameras for Birmingham City Council’s new clean air zone. Installed at locations across the city centre, the Sicore II automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras are at the heart of the scheme which is scheduled to go live at the beginning of June. […]
Siemens’ average speed enforcement solution approved
Siemens has received Home Office Type Approval for its SafeZone average speed enforcement system, meaning evidence gathered is admissible in court. Its ANPR-based solution uses the company’s British-built Sicore II cameras to provide accurate enforcement, and the certification covers a number of new features, including day/night mode functionality, which enables the camera to operate without […]
Siemens Mobility awarded Portsmouth Clean Air Zone design contract
Portsmouth City Council has awarded Siemens Mobility Limited a contract to design a Clean Air Zone to the south west side of the city. The city says the implementation of a CAZ is planned to ensure it achieves compliance with legal limits of nitrogen dioxide levels in the shortest possible time. Siemens Mobility has announced […]
Next generation traffic signal technology used on London streets
Transport for London (TfL) and Siemens Mobility Limited have reached the next milestone in the creation of a brand new way of managing London’s 6300 traffic lights, with the first installation of new technology on a number of roads in southwest London. Until now, most of London’s traffic lights have been managed using technology which uses magnetic detectors buried in the road […]
