Fujitsu Provides its SPATIOWL Traffic Information Service to Indonesian Toll Road Management Company PT. Marga Utama Nusantara
November 25 2014 - 10:07PM
JCN Newswire (English)
Probe-generated traffic information provisioning service
contributes to solving the social problem of traffic congestion on
local roads, promoting the use of toll roads
Fujitsu today announced that it has started providing its
FUJITSU Intelligent Society Solution SPATIOWL, a cloud service that
utilizes location information, to PT. Marga Utama Nusantara, a toll
road management company in the Republic of Indonesia.
The SPATIOWL probe traffic information service implemented by PT.
Marga Utama Nusantara, which can be inexpensively installed on a
smartphone, collects probe data such as vehicle location, time and
speed, and generates and accumulates traffic information, such as
congestion conditions and their duration.
By accessing the SPATIOWL application from a browser at the toll
road control center, PT. Marga Utama Nusantara can obtain
information for use in instructing drivers on when roads are
congested, when there are accidents, and when a disaster occurs.
Also, there are future plans to expand the range of utilization,
such as providing limited-time discounts based on an analysis of
traffic volumes, and providing new services that link SPATIOWL with
digital signs on highways.
Fujitsu will continue to put forward optimal proposals to the
Republic of Indonesia and, together with support for PT. Marga
Utama Nusantara, will contribute to relieving traffic congestion,
which is one of the country's social problems.
Background
In the Republic of Indonesia in recent years, with the increase in
traffic due to population growth and rapid economic development,
the social problems of traffic congestion and frequent traffic
accidents in metropolitan areas have been intensifying. PT. Marga
Utama Nusantara is one of the toll road management companies in the
Republic of Indonesia, managing and administering toll roads in the
city of Makassar, in South Sulawesi province. Makassar is one of
the most densely populated cities in Indonesia, and measures to
deal with traffic congestion on local roads have always been an
issue.
PT. Marga Utama Nusantara made the decision to implement SPATIOWL
to provide drivers with real-time traffic information, which would
influence them to switch to toll roads, thereby increasing revenue,
away from local roads, in effect relieving traffic congestion.
Service Features and Results
1.Provision of traffic congestion information and duration
From data collected using probes, SPATIOWL will generate data on
traffic congestion and the time required between interchanges,
which will then be displayed on route maps. PT. Marga Utama
Nusantara will access the SPATIOWL application from a browser at
the toll road control center, and receive this information for use
to instruct drivers on when roads are congested, when there are
accidents, and when a disaster occurs.
Past traffic information accumulated by SPATIOWL can also be
downloaded. PT Marga Utama Nusantara plans to contribute to
increasing the number of toll toad users and relieving traffic
congestion on local roads by analyzing, from past traffic
information, periods of time when there were a low number of toll
road users, and by carrying out measures such as limited-time
discounts.
Furthermore, there are plans to install digital signs at toll road
entrances and major points to display route maps that give drivers
information on traffic congestion and the time required between
interchanges.
2.Accumulation of probe data from smartphones
The service implemented by PT. Marga Utama Nusantara uses the GPS
function on smartphones installed in PT. Mara Utama Nusantara's
toll road patrol cars to collect probe data such as location of the
vehicle, time, and speed. Smartphones make deployment relatively
inexpensive, and it is also easy to increase the number of data
collection vehicles.
3.Link with surveillance cameras
PT. Marga Utama Nusantara also plans to link SPATIOWL to
surveillance cameras currently used to monitor congestion
conditions at toll booths, which will enable images from the
surveillance cameras and traffic information from SPATIOWL to be
monitored by switching screens on a PC, thereby increasing the
operational efficiency of the toll road control center.
About Fujitsu Limited
Fujitsu is the leading Japanese information and communication
technology (ICT) company offering a full range of technology
products, solutions and services. Approximately 170,000 Fujitsu
people support customers in more than 100 countries. We use our
experience and the power of ICT to shape the future of society with
our customers. Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated
revenues of 4.4 trillion yen (US$47 billion) for the fiscal year
ended March 31, 2013 For more information, please see
www.fujitsu.com.
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