Connected Vehicle technology to improve highway safety wins ITS award
- Project by Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads comes out victorious
- Technology ensures road worker safety in Queensland and globally
Brisbane, February 22, 2024 – Kapsch TrafficCom is proud to announce that a project in Queensland, Australia, won the Connected and Automated Vehicle Award at the ITS Australia Awards 2024.
Kapsch TrafficCom is one of the collaborating partners in the project spearheaded by the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR). The technology employed, utilised portable C-ITS (Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems) roadside stations, to showcase enhanced safety in Australian roadworks.
Matthew McLeish, EVP for the APAC region at Kapsch TrafficCom, comments on the award: “I am proud of the team for delivering an award-winning project. The cooperation with TMR as well as with other project partners was an excellent experience and shows how collaboration can push the industry forward, and how our C-ITS technology makes traffic safer for all stakeholders.”
To be ready for wider deployment of the technology on state road networks, TMR organised a C-ITS (Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems) showcase in early May 2023 where multiple common roadworks scenarios that represent safety-critical Connected Vehicle use cases were demonstrated. Queensland's C-ITS deployment includes a production grade European compliant Security Credential Management System (SCMS) for message communications. Kapsch TrafficCom is proud to be one of the suppliers, showing multiple separate roadworks warnings that broadcast a variety of safety-relevant messages directly into vehicles.
This technology is similar to the one that Kapsch TrafficCom is currently rolling out along thousands of kilometers of German highways, where its roadside technology is also used to make roadworks areas safer. Under the project, mobile barrier boards indicating limited-time work sites will be equipped with so-called ITS Roadside Stations (IRS), which send warning messages directly to approaching vehicles. This can reduce the risk of accidents in dangerous roadworks areas, as drivers are informed more quickly and directly about roadworks.
Kapsch TrafficCom is a globally renowned provider of transportation solutions for sustainable mobility with successful projects in more than 50 countries. Innovative solutions in the application fields of tolling, tolling services, traffic management and demand management contribute to a healthy world without congestion.
With one-stop-shop solutions, the company covers the entire value chain of customers, from components to design and implementation to the operation of systems.
Kapsch TrafficCom, headquartered in Vienna, has subsidiaries and branches in more than 25 countries and is listed in the Prime Market segment of the Vienna Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: KTCG). In its 2022/23 financial year, about 4,000 employees generated revenues of EUR 553 million.