Transport for London (TfL), in collaboration with Yunex Traffic, has successfully transferred its ageing traffic signal system to a cloud-based system.
According to Yunex, the upgrade to London’s road network management will enable improved journey times, traffic flows and responses to incidents, as well as improved data on journey demand and road network patterns.
TfL manages around 6,400 automated traffic signal junctions and pedestrian crossings, one of Europe’s largest traffic signal networks, which help to move traffic across both the TfL and borough road networks safely and efficiently.
Yunex Traffic’s Real Time Optimiser (RTO) system aims to upgrade the current traffic light control system that has kept London moving for more than 30 years.
This will reportedly allow TfL to mitigate against the challenges of the complex, older road layout in the capital, providing resilience and future proofing its road network management.
TfL’s director of network management and resilience, Carl Eddleston, said: “London’s road network plays a vital role in enabling millions of journeys each day and we’re determined to ensure that people can walk, cycle, take the bus and drive as safely and efficiently as possible.
“This world-leading new traffic management system will be a game-changer for us in London.
“It will use new data sources to better manage our road network, tackle congestion, reduce delay for people choosing healthier travel options and improve air quality.”
Almost 4,000 junctions, 1,500 pedestrian crossings, and more than 16,000 traffic detectors across Greater London were migrated to a new system without any impact on London’s road network over a two-week period.
This infrastructure and its integration with RTO allows TfL’s Control Centre to respond to incidents on the roads to ensure that all road users, whether they are walking, cycling, using public transport or driving, can travel safely.
TfL’s management of the road network is also central to its Vision Zero goal of eliminating deaths and serious injuries on the transport network.
The RTO also provides TfL with a platform to support the introduction of Fusion, a new intelligent adaptive control optimiser, which can replace the existing Scoot system, thereby improving air quality across the city, reducing congestion and helping traffic flow by using a wide range of modern sources techniques.
Achievements and innovations in traffic management will be celebrated at the third annual CiTTi Awards, which will be held on 26 November 2024 at De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms in London. Nominations are open now! Please visit www.cittiawards.co.uk to learn more about this unmissable event for the UK’s transportation sector
