Why sticking to standards is not an option, with TOPAS, SWARCO, Yunex Traffic and Telent
“The question isn’t whether we can afford to maintain TOPAS, it’s whether we can afford to become a nation where every junction is an experiment. Every upgrade is a gamble, and every innovation is incompatible with the last.” What happens to your network when every junction becomes an experiment—and every upgrade a gamble? That’s the […]
Yunex: Why TOPAS standards matter more than ever
Yunex Traffic is backing the TOPAS campaign for local authorities to ensure they only use equipment on their highway networks that meets approved standards. Writing for Highways News, TOPAS’s Kealie Franklin wrote that: “It is not much of a stretch of the imagination to picture a local authority procurement officer faced with shrinking budgets, triumphantly […]
SWARCO join calls for standards adherence
The Head of Product & Solutions SWARCO UK & Ireland has backed calls for the industry to insist on rigorous standards now, or risk “haemorrhaging money” later. Derek McLean is responding to an opinion piece written by TOPAS’s Kealie Franklin in Highways News, adding his voice to the the opinion that “standards are not optional, […]
TOPAS: Can we no longer afford standards?
TOPAS’s Kealie Franklin writes for Highways News: The choice is stark: Invest in standards now, or pay for their absence forever. The TOPAS (Traffic Open Products & Specifications) board says, in the wide-ranging article that follows, that it doesn’t need charity. It needs champions who understand that boring infrastructure done right is what makes exciting […]
Major review of TOPAS2500 UK traffic signal controller standard initiated
The TOPAS Management Board has initiated a major review of the UK standard for traffic signal controllers. They Board has commissioned a development team from ARTSM to review the scope and coverage of 2500 adding new content for LRT, reviewing pedestrian facilities, and considering requirements for CAV to align it with current and future traffic control needs. In order […]
TOPAS sets standards for multi-zone detectors
Detectors are the eyes and ears of traffic control systems. Without the information that they provide optimising the movements of pedestrians and vehicles through our road networks would be well-nigh impossible. Their importance is recognised by the recent TTF GLF awards, one objective of which was to ensure that detection is working effectively at crossings […]
TOPAS warns against using non-compliant technology
The administrator of TOPAS (Traffic Open Products & Specifications) is warning local authorities they could be breaking the law if they don’t use approved equipment on their roads. Kealie Franklin has told the latest Highways Voices podcast that contractors and suppliers should ensure products are compliant to standards and specifications, because using non-compliant equipment can […]
SWARCO UK & Ireland’s robust and reliable Prism signs achieve TOPAS 2517C approval
SWARCO UK & Ireland, the UK’s leading intelligent traffic solution and technology business, has become the first UK manufacturer to achieve the Traffic Open Products and Specifications (TOPAS) 2517C performance standard for its robust and reliable Prism signs. TOPAS 2517C outlines the latest required performance function and specification for electromechanical Variable Message Signs (VMS). Following […]
Harnessing the potential of technological evolution
By Ben Parsons – business development director, SRL Traffic Systems Constant technological innovation is the defining feature of our intelligent transport system (ITS) sector. Rapid technological advances expand the potential of our products to facilitate highways that are increasingly safe and more efficient for road users, road workers and pedestrians alike. Yet for us to […]
TOPAS Acquires UTMC Technical Standards
Since its inception in the late 1990s, UK Government and highways authorities have invested substantial amounts of resource and money into Urban Traffic Management and Control (UTMC) systems. To maximise the value from these systems they need to be both capable of continued use and of updating to accommodate new capabilities. This requires not only […]