HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, yesterday (November 10) inaugurated the Dubai Intelligent Traffic Systems Centre, constructed by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) at a cost of AED590 million ($160 million).
 
The facility is considered one of the biggest and most sophisticated traffic control centres worldwide in terms of smart technology use and the management of traffic systems.
 
It has been developed to meet the needs of Dubai’s rapid urban growth and the infrastructure expansion required for Expo 2020, as well as support current and future transport systems.
 
The systems installed included 116 traffic monitoring cameras that raised the total number of such cameras to 245. In addition, 100 incident-monitoring and vehicle tracking devices were installed, increasing the total number of these devices to 235.
 
Sheikh Mohammed unveiled a memorial to mark the official opening of the centre. Later, he watched a film on the improvement and expansion of intelligent traffic systems aimed at supporting the government’s drive to transform Dubai into the smartest city in the world.
 
The Centre, which employs smart technologies and software to ease mobility across Dubai, expands the coverage of intelligent traffic systems from 11 percent to 60 percent of the roads network in the emirate.
 
The new facility will improve the time for detection of road incidents and prediction of congestions, apart from facilitating a speedy response to them.
 
A hub for managing traffic movement across the emirate, the Dubai Intelligent Traffic Systems Centre is a state-of-the-art technology platform that uses artificial intelligence, big data, internet of things and technologies of advanced communication systems.
 
It connects with numerous devices for monitoring traffic, capturing data and running other smart services. Through intelligent traffic systems, the Centre has the ability to monitor and manage current and future roads network all over Dubai.
 
The project works also included the installation of 115 devices for computing travel time and average speed, and 17 road weather information systems.
 
Power lines and fibre optic communication network extending 660 km were added to link site devices with central systems. This brings the total length of the fibre optic network to 820 km.
 
The project also included upgrading the software of the advanced central traffic system to support decision-making and generate automated response plans. The central system integrates with the field devices, analyses incoming information and activates appropriate plans.
 
The Centre’s sophisticated hi-tech systems connect Dubai’s traffic control system with field devices (iTraffic), providing an integrated technology platform for collecting and analysing big data, besides supporting instant decisions for the management of traffic movement and mega-events such as Expo 2020.
 
Sheikh Mohammed attended a briefing by Mattar Mohammed Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of RTA, about the expansion and improvement of the intelligent traffic systems project, one of the deliverables of the Route 2020 Lab.
The Centre facilitates the management of traffic movement and links the Dubai neighbourhood apart from integrating with the Enterprise Command and Control Centre.
 
A total of 60 Emiratis have been qualified and deployed to manage and operate the system after completing specialist training courses in all systems, processes and technologies as well as maintenance and system support proceduresm, said RTA in its statement.
 
Sheikh Mohammed later toured the facilities of the Centre, which boasts world-class design and equipment such as mega screens, and user-friendly control systems for operators and engineers of the intelligent traffic systems.
 
The facility also includes a specialist centre for managing and monitoring traffic movement processes equipped with giant display monitors as well as specialist rooms for technology devices and emergency traffic movements. It also has offices for the engineering teams concerned with the management, improvement and support of systems.
 
Sheikh Mohammed was briefed on the unique technologies used in the Centre such as artificial intelligence, internet of things, big data, information analysis, decision-making support tools, and a sophisticated asset management system, said the statement.
 
The centre is also fitted with technologies for predicting traffic congestion and traffic control systems at intersections, it added.-TradeArabia News Service

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