Siemens equips Vilnius in Lithuania with new traffic control system

In conjunction with a consortium composed of the companies Eismas Ltd., Fima Ltd. and Hnit-Baltic GeoInfoservisas, the Industrial Solutions and Services (I&S) Group is equipping the city of Vilnius in Lithuania with a traffic management system. The municipal authorities want to improve control over the rising amount of traffic in the city center and, at the same time, prevent traffic jams. The system will supplement existing standalone solutions, create a link-up between all traffic data and enable central traffic management. The new system is scheduled to start operating at the beginning of 2008. The total value of the project is around €7 million.

The Sitraffic Concert traffic management system from Siemens collates all the traffic information from different sources, thus enabling central traffic management. Concert is compatible with all technical systems that are used for traffic control, even non-Siemens systems. Because all the information is available in one place, the traffic can be controlled and the flow of traffic optimized in line with the situation at any given time. Concert integrates all traffic flows and furthermore up-to-date information concerning congestion, building sites and the weather, for example, can be taken directly from the traffic management system and published: for example on the Internet, on traffic display panels, by SMS or by e-mail.

For road users, this integrated traffic management system will mean faster traffic movement, fewer jams and, for urban mass transit, reliable adherence to timetables as such vehicles are given priority on the roads in the city. Fire brigade vehicles, for example, will also be given a "green wave" because the management system is directly connected to the traffic lights. As part of a maintenance contract, the system will be looked after by Siemens for a period of ten years after installation and start-up.