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Use Case
Sustainable Cities And Communities
Industry, Innovation And Infrastructure
With the exception of a few junctions in Inverness city centre there was limited real-time co-ordination of traffic management. Introduction of a scalable and flexible wireless Mesh infrastructure was required to enable the implementation of smart technologies across the city’s traffic signal network.
The wireless Mesh platform not only enables this to be rolled out across the city but also improves the efficiency of each junction and enables each site to host intelligent bus priority that will improve public transport journey times and help encourage modal shift. This component of the project involves technologies to collect/manage the data to improve public transport reliability, the management of on and off-street car parking as well as the impact of roadworks, major events and road traffic incidents in real-time.
The fundamental deliverable of the project is a scalable and flexible wireless mesh infrastructure that forms the backbone for future digital city services - including Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) solutions coordinated by Inverness Urban Traffic Management and Control (UTMC) database.
Potential new services including Smart Traffic Management, Live Traffic and Public Transport Information, Smart Ticketing, smart street lighting, smart bins, smart parking and tourist information will be able to utilise this wireless mesh infrastructure allowing improved service delivery and incorporating potential for future innovation and expansion. For this operation, the wireless mesh will be used to deliver an Intelligent Transport System.
The Inverness MESH project is being delivered as part of the 'Scotland's 8th City - the Smart City' ERDF programme. All seven cities involved are committed to 'community and citizen stakeholder engagement' as an additional programme output - with engagement required pre-, during, and post-project delivery.
For this project an extensive Stakeholder Engagement strategy and action plan was implemented with engagement taking place with internal and external partners at the planning and delivery, phases, with further engagement planned as part of post-project activity.
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Log inPlanning time: 6 months to 1 year
Implementation time: 6 months to 1 year
The Highland Council (THC)
The Highland Council (THC)
The Highland Council (THC)