Kapsch Intelligent Corridor - Phase 2 ('Beyond Expectations')

Many cities around the world have a complex combination of traffic control systems, applications and technology. These are often operated in a silo approach with roads, public transport and pedestrians being viewed as separate entities using the same network instead of mobility being viewed as a balanced ecosystem. This thinking and approach creates poor transport network conditions through increased congestion, reduced air quality and reduced safety for all users.

Introducing the Kapsch Intelligent Corridor (KiC) where a coordinated approach to the transport ecosystem allows for mobility insights and a real world application of innovation. Kapsch has created the KiC in the Australian Integrated Multimodal EcoSystem (AIMES) which is a real world, on roads transport testbed. The KiC is a view into the future of Urban Mobility and represents a unique opportunity for road industry, academia and government gain never before available insights and understandings into a truly multi model mobility hub.

Located on Nicholson Street in Carlton, the Intelligent Corridor is supported by a total $2 million Australian Research Council Linkage grant, with contributions from the University of Melbourne, Kapsch TrafficCom and the Advanced Mobility Analytics Group. Like most older cities around the world, the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) infrastructure in Melbourne is dated. Complete situational awareness of the network is only achieved by dealing with multiple systems and platforms. Modernising the infrastructure requires innovative methods for critical control system integration that can make best use of existing infrastructure where possible.

The KiC provides a scalable mesoscopic transport system to apply to a single or multiple busy transport corridors. Our software, EcoTrafiX TM, povides an integrated platform for traffic control to achieve high situational awareness, multimodal transit data integration, multiagency collaboration for public transporta tion control in city environments. The flexibility of the software has been designed to accommodate the individual agency's transportation needs. From a simple signal system to an ATMS and more; a region’s needs, from event management and sharing to connected corridors and decision support systems; and ultimately to more automation of the needs of connected corridors, by providing the gateway between information and drivers; and finally, smart mobility as a part of a smart city concept.