Installation of traffic detectors on all strategic routes to provide real-time traffic information is one of the smart mobility initiatives in the Hong Kong Smart City Blueprint.

Autotoll be awarded a Government contract for “Installation of traffic detectors on selected strategic routes” in 2018, responsible for the supply, delivery, installation, testing and commissioning of the detectors, also cover the associated data communication system; a central computer system for collection, processing and dissemination of traffic data; and, operation and maintenance services for the completed facilities.

This Real-time Traffic Monitoring System is operated via installing variety of detectors along several strategic traffic routes and major roads, including:

Automatic Incident Detection (AID) Detector 

Collect data of the speed and volume of traffic, and will automatically detect traffic incidents on roads through enhanced video analytics

Bluetooth (BT) Detector 

Generate data of average vehicular speed and journey time by detecting Media Access Control addresses of Bluetooth devices in vehicles 

Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) Detector

Collect traffic volume of different vehicle classes on roads through the matching of license plate numbers captured by the detectors and the vehicle licensing system

All of this real-time data will be transferred to a Central Computer System, a scalable hybrid cloud solution which will analyze the data and disseminate it to the web interface. Comprehensively monitor the traffic conditions of these roads, strengthening our capability in handling traffic incidents as well as traffic management.