COUNTRY FOCUS: EGYPT
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 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.
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 SensorTec solution is a multi-purpose system, providing
traffic surveillance functions as well as city surveillance.
SensorTec traffic surveillance functions include speeding
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 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.
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
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The products used in the Cairo city project include Control
Center software, Violation Management Client, SensorTec
NVR-VCA Rack Mount, SensorTec ONE 20 MP WDR camera,
SensorTec Full HD PTZ camera
streets by recording suspicious, violent crime activity on high
quality security footage. The 20 megapixel IP camera and full
HD pan-tilt-zoom camera installed at major road intersections,
continuously scan the surrounding environment. Both types
of cameras ensure real time monitoring of the urban area
through the control rooms. The SensorTec city surveillance
functions include real time monitoring of all cameras, easy
archive playback as images are recorded, and fast pan-tilt-
zoom camera control.
“We have worked closely with our strategic partner, SensorTec,
and the local authorities, and supplied a comprehensive
intelligent traffic control system which has enabled various
Cairo authorities to manage high traffic volumes dynamically,
minimise traffic congestion and optimise the use of the
existing road infrastructure. This entirely wireless platform was
initially set up to provide the control centre with the required
traffic data and transmit video images of the junction or
motorway sections under surveillance,” explains Kamal
Mokrani, Global Vice President, InfiNet Wireless.
“Additional applications now include Automatic Number Plate
Recognition, adaptive traffic light phasing for improving traffic
flow and reducing air pollution, real time information to guide
“The SensorTec Traffic
Surveillance System
automatically requests the
exact vehicle data from the
Ministry of Interior based on
the recognised plate number
information.”
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