Projects and References

December 2011

The State of Vorarlberg has placed an order on Traffic Data Systems to deliver 20 route stations with accuracy class A1/300m. The data transmission to the Traffic Management Center will be implemented using the TLSoIP protocoll (GSM).

November 2011

The Staatliche Bauamt Augsburg has placed an order on Traffic Data Systems for the supply of 2 route stations equipped with 8+1 detectors/classifiers (accuracy class A1 for 300 m cable length).

October 2011

Traffic Data Systems has received on order from ASFINAG for the supply of 8 route stations equipped with 8+1 detectors/classifiers (accuracy class A1/300 m cable length).

October 2011

The Danish Road Directorate has placed an order on Traffic Data Systems for 1 WIM-P system.

September 2011

The City of Karlsruhe has placed an order on Traffic Data Systems for the supply of 2 route stations equipped with 8+1 detectors/classifiers (accuracy class A1 for 300 m cable length).

September 2011

Basel Town has placed an order on Traffic Data Systems to update 32 TDS route stations in the city area.

All route stations will be equipped with the accuracy class A1/300m/8+1 vehicle classification software. 

September 2011

Traffic Data Systems Polish representative has placed an order on TDS for the supply of 6 WIM-P systems for the greater Wroclaw area. All 6 systems will be delivered and installed in 2011.

August 2011

The Staatliche Bauamt Ansbach has placed an order on TDS for the supply of an LTL-XL Retroreflectometer.

August 2011

The State of Vorarlberg has placed an order on Traffic Data Systems to deliver 13 route stations with accuracy class A1/300m. The data transmission to the Traffic Management Center will be implemented using the TLSoIP protocoll (GSM).

July 2011

The Landesbetrieb Strassenwesen Subsidiary Autobahn of the Federal State of Brandenburg (Germany) has placed an order for a 2 lane WIM-S System on the A12 Highway near Fürstenwalde. The main lanes will be equipped with 2 lines of Kistler Lineas Quartz sensors and the passing lanes with a set of double loops. Data transmission will be carried out via the UMTS net.

July 2011

The STB Testing Institute from Erfurt has placed an order on TDS for the supply of an LTL-XL Retroreflectometer.

June 2011

The Regional Commission in Tübingen has placed an order on Traffic Data Systems to update 57 route stations on highways, federal and state roads in Baden-Württemberg.

All route stations will be equipped with the accuracy class A1 300m 8+1 vehicle classification software. Furthermore all CPU modules will be updated and the current distribution boards at all sites will be checked and modified if necessary.

May 2011

Eurovia Vinci ordered a WIM-S system at Traffic Data Systems for the A24 highway from Hamburg to Berlin. The main lane is equipped with 2 lines of Lineas sensors by Kistler Instrumente AG. Data transmission to the Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt) will be carried out via UMTS.

May 2011

3M Germany orders a RetroSign GR1 Safety from Delta Light & Optics for its production facilty in Neuss. The instrument will be used in the quality management of the production of retroreflective textiles. 

June 2010

Traffic Data Systems has received an order from its Polish agency Neurosoft for the supply of 2 WIM-P systems. The systems will be installed on the DK46, which connects the Polish A4 motorway to the city centre of Opole. The customer is the local Highways Authority (the GDDKiA (Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad)) in Opole.

Each system classifies and weighs traffic in one lane. The WIM systems will be supplemented by cameras and ANPR systems from the Breslau company Neurosoft, which will be used for monitoring and calibrating the system. 

January 2011

The Landesbetrieb für Strassenbau Saarland in Neunkirchen has placed an order on TDS for the supply of a LTL-XL. 

December 2010

The City of Leipzig placed an order to upgrade their 15 remote monitoring stations.

The existing traffic counter network of the City of Leipzig was installed within the last 10 years and will now be integrated into the city´s Traffic Management System (VMS).

Long and short term data transmission via GPRS to the Traffic Management Center Systems will be implemented using the TLSoIP protocol.

November 2010

Traffic Data Systems agent for Slovenia and Balkan (APPIA) ordered one  LTL-XL  Retroreflectometer and one RetroSign  GR1 Retroreflectomter for NEKS d.o.o. in Slovenia. Both instruments were delivered in December 2010 and will help to improve traffic safety as well as the quality of road markings and traffic signs in Slovenia.

September 2010

To examine different types of road pavements and constructions the German Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt) built a new test site in hall 9 of their facilities in Bergisch Gladbach.

With a new test application wheels of different sizes and weights can pass the sensors in a programed way.   In the context of this project Traffic Data Systems received an order to install 3 lines of Kistler Lineas sensors in the pavement of this hall.

The sensors were installed with the newly designed epoxy grout for low temperatures, that allows installations without heating devices at temperatures as low as +5°C.

December 2009

Several years ago Traffic Data Systems delivered a first reference system for the TLS suitability test to the German Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt) in Bergisch Gladbach.

The results of proband systems of different suppliers regarding the amount of recognized as well as the classification of the different types of vehicles (8+1 classification) are compared to the reference system, that has been supplied by Traffic Data Systems.

Until today Traffic Data Systems is the only manufacturer of counters/classifiers that achieved the highest class of accuracy (A1) with a maximum length of feeder cables (300m). On the basis of these classification properties, TDS received the order to deliver a second reference system to BASt in December 2009. The new system has been delivered and installed in 2010.

September 2010

AS System located in Trittau near Hamburg. The company is specialized in textile printing and finishing. AS System also sells retroreflective sheeting for security clothing. For their quality management they ordered a RetroSign Safety of Delta Light & Optics.

August 2010

Traffic Data Systems has received an order from the Landesbetrieb Mobilität Rheinland-Pfalz to deliver 3 LTL-XL  Retroreflectometer. The instruments will be used in the branch offices in Kaiserslautern, Trier and Worms.

June 2010

Traffic Data Systems has received an order from its Polish agency Neurosoft for the supply of 2 WIM-P systems. The systems will be installed on the DK46, which connects the Polish A4 motorway to the city centre of Opole. The customer is the local Highways Authority (the GDDKiA (Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad)) in Opole.

Each system classifies and weighs traffic in one lane. The WIM systems will be supplemented by cameras and ANPR systems from the Breslau company Neurosoft, which will be used for monitoring and calibrating the system. 

July 2010

3M Germany orders a RetroSign GR3 from Delta Light & Optics for its production facilty in Neuss. The instrument will be used in the quality management of the production of retroreflective sheetings. 

July 2010

The Köhlbrandbrücke, which was built at the beginning of the 1970s, is the main connecting axis between the German A7 motorway and the free port of Hamburg and is thus subjected to particularly heavy traffic.

Reliable figures for the composition of traffic streams are required as a basis for traffic planning. In the present case, the weights of individual vehicles in particular are required for various purposes. The main reasons are said to be the maintenance management of the bridge and the use of data in the traffic computer centre.  The Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) has therefore requested Traffic Data Systems to install a 4-lane WIM-S system to satisfy these requirements.

One of the special features of the installation is that the sensors are to be installed in the ramp section of the bridge, which already stands on concrete pillars, and the evaluation electronics in the hollow bridge section beneath it. Kistler sensors have not previously been installed in such a way on a comparable bridge structure. 

Juni 2010

Traffic Data Systems has received an order for supplying a WIM-P system for installation on National Route 1 in Wloclawek (Poland). This road is used by a majority of the traffic between Warsaw and Pommern. The system will classify and weigh traffic on 2 lanes.

The WIM system will be supplemented by camera and ANPR systems from TDS's Polish agent, Neurosoft, which will be used for monitoring and calibrating the system. The end customer is the Warsaw Road and Bridge Institute IBDiM (Instytut Badawczy Drog i Mostow), and the user of the system is the Inspekcja Transport Drogowego (ITD), a Polish organisation which is equivalent to the German Federal Office for Goods Traffic (BAG). 

June 2010

The German association for roadmarkings (DSGS) has placed an order on TDS for the supply of an LTL-XL. Along with the purchase price, the decisive criteria were the measuring accuracy and the very short measuring time of just 2 seconds for determining R_L (night visibility) and Qd (day visibility). The system will be used both for normal checking purposes and for monitoring the measuring field in the Harz.

April 2010

The Mobility Division of Siemens AG in Munich has placed an order with Traffic Data Systems for the supply of 6 roadside remote stations (each of 6 lanes) equipped with 8+1 detectors/classifiers. Here too, the TLS accuracy requirements (accuracy class A1 for 300 m cable length) were a decisive factor in the placement of the order.

The systems will be incorporated in a traffic control installation to be supplied by Siemens on the German A2 motorway, and are seen as an addition to the order for the supply of 101 roadside remote stations in Lower Saxony which TDS received in August 2009. 

April 2010

TDS has received an order for the supply of an LTL-XL for the Road Construction/Building Materials and Soil Testing Agency of the Road Construction Department of the state of Saxony-Anhalt in Halberstadt.

Along with the most competitive quotation, the very short times for the measurement of R_L (night visibility) and Qd (day visibility) were decisive criteria for the procurement of the unit.  

March 2010

The existing traffic counter network of the Autobahnamt Sachsen was installed about 18 years ago and, with the exception of the VDK 900 detectors/classifiers, is now technically out-of-date as it has no online connection.

The subject of the project commissioned by the Autobahnamt Sachsen in Dresden at the end of March is the modernisation and expansion of the existing remote monitoring stations. This involves installing 6 completely new locations and modernising 11 existing ones; in addition provision of an RMS sample station is also planned for testing purposes. Only the devices are being delivered to locations that currently lie within road works.

Traffic data recording for local long-term data with 8+1 vehicle classes as per version 24 and local short-term data with two vehicle classes as per version 3 in compliance with TLS requirements are planned for all traffic counters. All remote monitoring stations are to be equipped with BASt approved detectors/classifiers with accuracy class A1 and maximum permissible cable lengths for inductive loops of up to 300 m.

The data transmission to the sub-centre will be implemented using the TLSoIP protocol in compliance with specification ASFINAG PLaNT 135.221.10 issue date 15.10.2007. A central automated data collection system (ZDS) is planned for reading out and monitoring the counters.  

December 2009

In December 2009 Traffic Data Systems was awarded a contract for the supply of 2 WIM-S systems and 10 remote monitoring stations for 8 lanes with detectors/classifiers for 10+1 vehicle classes. The systems are intended for delivery and installation on motorways in Denmark in the first quarter of 2010.

October 2009

Traffic Data Systems has supplied 2 WIM-P systems which have been installed on National Highway 4 (DK 4 (E40)) near Wola Debinska (east of Krakow). The systems, which are approximately 2 km apart, weigh eastbound and westbound traffic. Vehicles which are detected to be overweight are reweighed on a calibrated drive-over scale at the HGV checking area situated between the two stations.

The client has supplemented the WIM-P systems supplied by Traffic Data Systems by the addition of video and sequence cameras and an OCR system. Image data are transmitted by fibre-optic cables from the WIM systems to the HGV checking area. The two systems were commissioned in December 2009. 

September 2009

In the autumn of 2009, Traffic Data Systems received an order to supply 2 SWIS systems for the largest PPP project implemented in the Federal Republic of Germany to date as part of the 'A1 Hamburg-Bremen Motorway Operator Model (A-model)' (www.a1-mobil.de). The project includes the construction of a 73-km-long sub-section of the A1 and 30 years operation. The SWIS systems have been installed at the Bockel and Sittensen junctions. The sensors used were supplied by VAISALA.

The control module is a Traffic Data Systems development and transmits the recorded data via the field bus to the telecommunications maintenance depot in Oyten. 

August 2009

The state of Lower Saxony will no longer be relying on manual counting for its 2010 road traffic census but on permanently installed remote monitoring stations from TDS. The requirement was for units for classifying 8+1 vehicle types with accuracy class A2. As TDS is only able to supply units with accuracy class A1, the state of Lower Saxony will not only be supplied with units which are of a higher quality but which are also designed for cable lengths of up to 300 m between loop and EAK at no extra cost. The advantage of using automatic systems is that the data are continuously available.

In August 2009 Traffic Data Systems received an order to supply 101 remote monitoring stations for installation throughout Lower Saxony. 37 new systems have been fitted on motorways and 38 systems on trunk roads. 26 existing systems have been modernised as part of this order.

As well as the supply and installation of the remote monitoring stations, the order also included extensive civil and electrical work, such as the installation of inductive loops, production of horizontal bores, installation of cable branch ducts and distribution cabinets, production of earthing systems, making of electrical connections and spur extensions to motorway telecommunications cables (connection to the highway telecommunications network etc.). Ten FCCs (field bus communications computer) were also supplied, parameterised and incorporated into the Lower Saxony highway telecommunications network. Communication between FCC and the 37 remote monitoring stations on the motorway is by TC57 and in individual cases by TLSoIP. Communication between FCC and the data sub-centre is basically by TLSoIP. The 38 remote monitoring stations on the trunk roads are directly connected to the data sub-centre by GPRS and TLSoIP. 

March 2009

In March 2009 Traffic Data Systems received an order for the modernisation of 27 remote monitoring stations (RMS) on motorways for supplying short-term data via field buses to already existing sub-centres. Long-term data in accordance with data input block Structure 79, Version 24, are interrogated fully automatically using GSM dial-up technology. In total, TDS has more than 110 remote monitoring stations on main roads, minor roads and motorways in Baden Württemberg.

Since the beginning of the 1990s, the 27 remote monitoring stations on motorways have been used exclusively for recording statistical data. One-third of the data from these systems has been able to be interrogated by remote data transmission (conventional telephone network and GSM) since the end of the Nineties.

As part of the current order, all remote monitoring stations have been converted to data input block structure Type 52/116 (Version 3) for short-term data and data input block structure Type 79, Version 24, for long-term data with 8+1 vehicle classes.

The short-term data are transmitted via various field buses to the traffic computer centre in Stuttgart (Tübingen Regional Council). Statistical data are interrogated automatically by GSM dial-up connection (CSD). 

October 2008

The Staatliches Bauamt in Landshut has followed the example of BASt and has also ordered the LTL-XL which was presented at the last Intertraffic exhibition.

The short measuring time of just 2 seconds for R_L (night visibility) and Qd (day visibility) was a convincing factor, as were the convenient handling and modern design. The favourable purchase price was also a persuasive criterion. 

September 2008

The German Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt) in Bergisch Gladbach has ordered an LTL-XL for quality monitoring. This unit determines the optical characteristics of marking samples from different manufacturers before, during and after test runs on the turntable road marking test system (RPA).

BASt is the first customer in Germany for the LTL-XL, which was presented at the last Intertraffic exhibition and impresses at first glance with its avant-garde design. On second viewing, other advantages such as the practical handling come to the fore. The measuring time for R_L and Qd is only 2 seconds. As well as the optical measurements, temperature and humidity are also recorded and documented.