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TOURIST ATTRACTION
Dresden, capital of the eastern German state of Saxony, is distinguished by various art museums and classic architectures. The city attracts more than 12 million visitors each year. More than 10% of the tourists visit the city by bus. About 100 buses visit Dresden on an average day during the main season from May to September. This number can transcend to more than 800 coaches during the popular Christmas market in December.

PARKING AND GUIDANCE SYSTEM
Perfect planning of the most optimized route and precise information regarding stopping places and special parking areas contribute significantly to a pleasant visit for the coach tourists. The City of Dresden has therefor decided to assist travel operators and coach drivers with the organization of their city trips. The real-time information provided by the City’s own “parking and guidance system” saves time-consuming searching for available parking spaces and unnecessary detours and navigation. As a side effect it also reduces traffic congestions and emission of CO2 and fine dust. The dynamic street signs allow the coach drivers to orientate themselves and guide them to the nearest available parking areas. At the same time, the signs help the tourists to return to the pick-up points from the coaches without getting lost in the city. The authorities of Dresden use an online available parking guidance system which provides drivers of both private cars as well as coaches with real-time parking information. That way they can easily find the nearest available parking spaces at any time.

SMART MOVE CITY TROPHY
The coach parking and stopping areas are being expanded step by step at the most popular locations of Dresden and the services for coach tourists are being improved. In October 2015, Dresden was awarded for the second time with the Smart Move City Trophy by the International Road Union (IRU) for continuously updating their dynamic and flexible coach parking and guidance system. The international IRU jury recognized how both the local community and the tourism coach operators are involved in improving facilities for tourists and drivers. This was an important recognition of the achievements and implementation by the Dresden’s authorities responsible for the “Coach Parking & Guidance System”.

WIRELESS PARKING SENSORS
The coach parking areas are mainly in the open-air where traditional roof-mount parking sensors are not applicable. The wireless in-ground parking sensors of Nedap perfectly meet the requirements to monitor the status of the single parking spaces. The SENSIT sensors support both magnetic as infra-red detection which differentiates the Nedap solution with marked unknown high accuracy in real-time. This unique double detection technology makes Nedap’s parking sensors also applicable for detection of larger vehicles like coaches and trucks. The sensors are installed and commissioned by the German team of Swarco Traffic Systems (STS) and implemented into their parking guidance system. Nedap’s SENSIT sensors are installed all over the world in different type of applications like traffic, parking, enforcement and logistic single-space monitoring.

Dresden’s consistent political support for more than a decade has made the city a leading destination for coach tourism and a role model for other cities using state-of-the-art technology.

INTERTRAFFIC 2016
Meet Nedap at Intertraffic Amsterdam (5-8 April) for the latest innovations in wireless vehicle detection and long-range vehicle and people identification. Schedule a meeting with your Nedap representative during Intertraffic.

Image source: Ziesch, city of Dresden

The Czech company Cross is developer and manufacturer of an adaptive traffic management and information system InVipo. Nedap, headquartered in the Netherlands, is developer and manufacturer of the wireless vehicle detection system SENSIT. The first ITS project deployment by Cross, integrated with SENSIT, will be announced at Intertraffic Amsterdam, 5-8 April 2016.

Intelligent traffic management
The full integration of SENSIT into InVipo offers Cross extensive knowledge about the public transportation and vehicle and pedestrian traffic movements throughout cities. This enables local authorities to develop traffic services for their citizens. Based on real-time traffic data, road users can select the best available route to their destination. This intelligent traffic system decreases travel times, improves traffic flows and reduces C02 emissions.

“In a time of the ITS business consolidation, finding technologically strong partners is crucial. Cross is happy to partner with NEDAP as both companies strive for tackling smart mobility by offering cutting edge solutions in their respective areas of expertise,” says Tomáš Jurík, CEO of Cross.

Real-time parking data
Nedap’s SENSIT consists of wireless in-ground sensors which detect in real-time whether or not a single parking bay is occupied and how long it has been occupied. Through the wireless radio communication network this information is transmitted to the SENSIT Software. The real-time parking occupancy status and parking duration information is made available from the cloud for integration. SENSIT offers the opportunity to closely monitor and enforce the usage of parking spaces. Integrated with InVipo, real-time information enables local authorities and parking operators to increase the utilization of the existing parking capacity, as well as to reduce the number of vehicles searching for a parking space.
“We are very pleased that Cross selected Nedap and recognized the proven quality of the SENSIT system. Cross is a pioneer in the traffic industry. We are now able to provide a complete solution for smart city customers in order to improve urban mobility”, says Ido Wentink, Business Development Manager at Nedap.

Intertraffic 2016
During Intertraffic, 5-8 April in RAI Amsterdam, Cross and Nedap will demonstrate this solution. Visit Cross at booth 10.111 to find out more about Road Traffic Technologies, visit Nedap at booth 02.114 to find out more about SENSIT. Schedule a meeting with your Nedap representative during Intertraffic.

About cross
Cross Zlín is a Czech based company with more than 20 years of experience in development, delivery, installation and maintenance of road traffic technology worldwide. Cross covers a wide range of traffic product areas with several unique products developed and manufactured at its own laboratory and factory. The areas Cross is active in are Traffic control systems, Weigh-In-Motion, Traffic detecting and counting, Road meteorology and winter maintenance support, Parking systems and Universal payment terminals.

About nedap
Nedap is the leading specialist in systems for vehicle identification, vehicle detection and vehicle access control. Readers, sensors and controllers optimize, monitor and control vehicle flows. With SENSIT, Nedap helps cities to become smart about their mobility. Nedap Identification Systems, part of Nedap N.V., is headquartered in the Netherlands and has offices in Europe, US, Middle East and Southeast Asia. Nedap designs and develops intelligent, sustainable technological solutions for themes that are relevant to the modern society. It is Nedap’s ambition to offer ‘Technology that Matters’.

TRI-CITY
Tri-City is the urban area situated on the Baltic coast and is one of Poland’s largest tourist attractions. Each of the three cities offers a very different atmosphere which makes it a very attractive area to both visitors and inhabitants.

The area knows a large number of traffic movements on a daily basis, especially in the city centers. These traffic movements cause traffic problems: congestion, accidents and no access to real-time information about public transport and where available parking spaces are available. To reduce and prevent these problems, the TRISTAR project was implemented.

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEM
The TRISTAR project consists of the deployment of an Intelligent Transport System (ITS). This project comprises five integrated systems to manage public transportation and maximize the utilization of the existing parking facilities. Nedap's parking sensors provide real-time information about the usage of those parking facilities.

Nedap’s SENSIT consists of wireless parking sensors that detect in real-time whether or not a single parking bay is occupied and how long it has been occupied. Green Center’s parking guidance system was implemented with SENSIT. The system uses the real-time parking information to guide drivers to available parking spaces via dynamic signs along the roads.



Ido Wentink, Business Development Manager at Nedap, says: “We are delighted to have been selected for this mobility project in the Tri-City region of Gdansk. Thanks to our partner Green Center, the system already runs for some time now and proved its value for motorists looking for a parking space. I am sure Polish cities are ready to implement a reliable parking sensor system SENSIT in order to offer citizens great parking services and for operators to improve monitoring and enforcement in these zones.”

INCREASED TRAFFIC FLOW
By implementing Nedap’s SENSIT sensors with Green Center’s parking guidance system, the traffic flow in Tri-City has increased vastly. Less traffic congestion, and thus decreased pollution, ensure the city remains attractive to its residents and visitors. Additionally, parking utilization is optimized and enforcement can be done more efficiently.

"As the parking solutions integrator in the TRISTAR project, Green Center, wanted to provide a reliable and proven solution for the cities motorists. Therefore, choosing Nedap’s parking sensor system was the right way to go for us. Nedap’s SENSIT turned out to be easy, quick to install and very flexible for integration with the other ITS TRISTAR platforms. Dynamic parking occupancy information allows drivers in Gdynia to find available parking spaces quicker and easier, bringing the obvious benefits to the city." says Jakub Osuchowski, Technical director Green Center

Image source: mobilnagdynia.pl

The introduction of the uPASS Target is Nedap’s reply to the growing demand for high performance UHF readers in applications where vehicles and other moving objects should be identified automatically using passive RFID tags. The new UHF RFID reader offers a read range of up to 10 meters (33 ft.) which makes it a solid solution for long-range identification of vehicles, people and rolling stock at industrial sites and logistic depots.

Modern and high-end RFID reader

“We have promised our partners and clients that we would actively support the Rain RFID (UHF) standard and that we would maintain our position as a market leading innovator in the RFID arena. This new release is proof of that. The uPASS Target offers the performance and functionality that our clients can expect from a modern and high-end RFID reader, but it also is compatible with the interfacing engine that is available for all our readers. This makes it effortless to integrate with the access control, parking management and other systems of our partners”, says Maarten Mijwaart, General Manager of Nedap Identification Systems.

Advanced features

The uPASS Target identifies vehicles and drivers at a distance of up to 10 meters (33 ft.) and a travelling speed of up to 200 km/h (125 mph) by using passive UHF RFID technology (±900 MHz). Standard features include configurable 3 color LED indication, robust housing with modern design, support of common industry interfacing standards (IP, Serial, Wiegand), optional connection of second external antenna, read range limitation option, reader output formatting and easy installation. The circular polarized antenna offers orientation freedom when offering tags.

The uPASS Target offers a variety of industry-standard communication interfaces. It ensures a seamless integration with any existing or new third party system for access control, logistic operations, security and parking.

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The integration of Nedap and Schweers enables parking enforcement officers to move quickly from checking the status of a parking space to writing a ticket. When an enforcement officer is ready to enforce a zone, he or she uses the application provided by Schweers. The solution is based on a wireless handheld enforcement device, to query the database of parking meter transactions and the Nedap database of parking occupancy.

The information on the parking duration per space is compared with the actual payment per space. Any overstays are alerted to the enforcement officer. Enforcement officers can therefore estimate immediately which bays are overstaying and should be enforced. If the officer identifies that a vehicle is in violation, he can issue a ticket directly from the same application. There is no need to switch between multiple applications on the device.

Virtual permit management and control

The ground-sensor system is rounded up by Nedap’s new electronic parking license system allowing for full management and control of individual parking bays and their usage by authorized permit holders.

Integrated Surveillance

The integration provides a municipality with detailed information on parking utilization figures and turnaround per space. These data are an important source for future mobility and parking policy planning. "This integration matches very well with the Schweers portfolio of parking management and enforcement solutions," states Michael Schweers, President and CEO of the Schweers Group. “The Nedap system has been thoroughly tested at Schweers headquarters in Meerbursch. Deployment, set-up and implementation were fast and efficient, which is beneficial for any on-street system. Data generated by the sensors are highly accurate and rapidly transmitted through the network. Accurate data is key when it is applied for an enforcement application,“ adds Stephan Meiser, project manager at Schweers International.

The integrated solution has been launched at Svepark in Sweden and Parkeervak in the Netherlands.

About SENSIT

The wireless parking sensor system SENSIT is developed and manufactured by the Dutch company Nedap. For almost twenty years Nedap is considered an expert in advanced and effective solutions for vehicle identification and vehicle detection. SENSIT was first awarded for its product innovation at Intertraffic Amsterdam in 2006. Since then Nedap is focusing on designing the most accurate sensor hardware and the most reliable communication network using wireless sensor nodes. Intensive field tests by authorities of major cities, indicate that SENSIT offers the most robust and accurate sensor hardware and the most reliable communication network for outdoor parking in the industry. Real time parking information results in less congestion, a reduction of emissions, safer streets and more attractive cities.

Nedap has designed the solution to be easily integrated with third party systems for parking guidance and traffic management systems, apps for navigation and enforcement equipment used by major cities all over the world.

About Schweers

Schweers Informationstechnologie GmbH, its international branches and partners support over 1,200 customers worldwide. Its customers range from cities with 600 handhelds to small villages with only one device. Since 1988 Schweers has developed, designed and manufactured parking enforcement hardware and software for professional law enforcement.

Operating 10,000 terminals in the field and annually issuing 100 million tickets its robust and ergonomically designed handhelds meet and withstand the challenges of daily on-street works.

The mayor of Pozuelo, Paloma Adrados, and the Information and Communication Technology councilor, Pablo Rivas, received the Smart Cities 2015 Award as a recognition for the project developed in Pozuelo de Alarcón. “This project is an initiative that has become a reality, and has expectations that, we are convinced, will be consolidate.” says Paloma Adrados. Pablo Rivas confirmed the plan to activate a second phase of the project: “It will allow to consolidate a more effective, more efficient and more comfortable administration for the citizens; and ultimately, a better administration." The Smart City project is already achieving greater efficiency on energy savings and a more sustainable mobility.

On-street parking solution

The intelligent parking system in Pozuelo de Alarcón is based on Nedap’s SENSIT: wireless parking sensors that detect in real-time whether or not a single parking bay is occupied and for how long it has been occupied. The real-time parking data is integrated with the Smart City platform of Wairbut, a CISCO certified partner. Users are guided towards available parking spaces as close as possible to their destination with the free Pozuelo Smart Park app. This free application is available for both Android and iOS. By integrating Nedap’s parking sensors with the Wairbut platform, the city in the region Madrid reduces CO2 emissions and search traffic by guiding motorists to free parking spaces smoothly.

Smart City Project

In addition to this intelligent parking system, other aspects like energy efficiency in municipal buildings, intelligent irrigation systems and light sensors complete the Pozuelo Smart City project. Acting as the brain of the city, Wairbut’s management platform CarriotsCityLife offers a centralized monitoring of four integrated Smart City projects including the intelligent parking solution.

Compatibility and integration

The Smart Cities 2015 Award was presented by the Socinfo Foundation, an independent publisher of magazines about Information Technology and Communication that inform the society about the latest innovations. The aim of the Socinfo Foundation awards is to disclose the information about projects to other cities (especially under the concept of Smart City), and to make the work of professionals more visible.

Identification Systems anticipates to the growing demand for advanced vehicle access control by introducing the TRANSIT Ultimate. It is the successor of TRANSIT Standard, the proven long-range vehicle and driver identification reader that has been leading in the market for over 15 years. TRANSIT identifies vehicles and drivers at a distance of up to 10 meters (33 ft.) and a travelling speed of up to 200 km/h (125 mph) by using semi-active (2.45 GHz) RFID technology.

New and improved features

TRANSIT Ultimate is purposely built for vehicular access control in high-security applications and under heavy environmental conditions. Except for the improved industrial antenna and housing design, the new TRANSIT Ultimate contains a second communication channel that enables a wider bandwidth for communication between readers and tags. Tag authentication using AES encryption is incorporated to help prevent cloning of tags and replay-attacks.

TRANSIT Ultimate offers the following new and improved features:

Advanced antenna design
Tag authentication based on AES encryption
Semi-active RFID technology based on two frequencies
Integrated Squelch Upgrade Board for read range adjustment
Configurable 3 color LED indication
USB Interface for communication with reader
Tamper Switch detects changes by unauthorized persons
Bonnet support strut for easy installation

“TRANSIT Ultimate is the worthy successor of TRANSIT Standard, which has been deployed successfully in thousands of installations all over the world. Every day millions of cars, taxis, buses, trucks and other vehicles are identified with our RFID technology. In the new TRANSIT Ultimate we maintained what was good, but we added some new features as well to ensure that TRANSIT will remain the technology of choice for our partners in every application with demanding requirements related to read range, security and configurability,” states Maarten Mijwaart, General Manager of Nedap Identification Systems.

Smart transponders and Boosters

Nedap adds new tags to its portfolio that support this authentication. Nedap also introduces new Boosters (transponder with integrated card reader) that function with smartcard technologies, such as HID, MIFARE and LEGIC. Vehicles and drivers can be identified securely. The Boosters Ultimate will also support writing information on cards. Credits, offline access rights and other authorizations could for example be stored dynamically on the personal access control card when a vehicle enters or leaves the secured perimeter.

Compatibility and integration

TRANSIT Ultimate by default is fully backward compatible with existing TRANSIT Standard installations. A variety of interfaces ensure seamless and flexible integration into third party systems for security, parking, logistics and traffic applications.

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