COUNTRY FOCUS: EGYPT
Surveillance systems from SensorTec and
high-speed broadband connectivity from
Infinet Wireless are improving traffic
efficiency and security levels inside Cairo.
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Video surveillance and
high-speed broadband
boost security inside Cairo
W
ith the growing urban population
of the city of Cairo at a historical
high, the number of vehicles and
their associated traffic offences are also
increasing. Chaotic traffic flows in downtown
Cairo repeatedly causes traffic jams, that
not only make everyday life uncomfortable
but also significantly increase transportation
time impeding urban and the nation’s
economic development.
The aim of Egyptian government was to
reform the quality of traffic by creating order
on the streets. In Cairo, there was an urgent
call to install a reliable traffic surveillance
system, helping to satisfy the needs of the
citizens, and to live a safer, convenient and
happy life in the capital.
The Egyptian government selected
SensorTec from multiple security industry
vendors as suitable to serve the requirements
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of the city. Cairo is entering the modern era
as a fast-developing metropolis and this is
being supported by the SensorTec Traffic
Surveillance System and Infinet Wireless’s
high-speed broadband connectivity. detection, red light violation detection, stop
line violation detection, one-way traffic
violation detection, wrong way traffic
violation detection and traffic counting,
among others.
The principal objective of the SensorTec
Traffic Surveillance System is to help
manage the traffic flow and to maintain
security in everyday traffic by automatically
detecting and recording various types
of traffic violations at high congestion
road intersections. At the current state
of the project 70 intersections have been
equipped with SensorTec components and
in the next phase further 250 intersections
will be included. The system provides continuous monitoring
of the traffic situation and records traffic
violations in the intersections. The operation
of the system covers the entire workflow
from violation detection and recording to
traffic citation.
The SensorTec solution is a multi-purpose
system, providing traffic surveillance functions
as well as city surveillance. SensorTec traffic
surveillance functions include speeding
SensorTec goes beyond simple traffic
surveillance. This multi-purpose system also
fulfils city surveillance tasks and provides
high quality security footage of the
intersection environment, where individual
faces can be recognised even from far
distances. The system can increase security
on the streets by recording suspicious,
violent crime activity on high quality security
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