Medgidia Constanta highway traffic management system

The highway that connects Bucharest, the capital city, to Constanta, the most important maritime port in Romania,  is one of the most crowded routes.

The solution UTI implemented, the only ITS solution implemented on a Romanian highway so far, is very complex and comprises an array of systems and equipment, whose final purpose is to ease traffic flow, improve traffic safety and reduce emissions.

Solution components

• Fiber optic and radio communications
• SOS phones
• Variable message signs
• Speed detectors
• Weight-in-motion
• Vignette checking
• Incident automate detection
• Weather stations
• Traffic video surveillance

All systems are integrated within a modern control center that serves the two highways of the Dobrogea county.

The system has major benefits, both for drivers and authorities:

• Safety – reduced accident risk and rapid intervention in case of an accident
• Smooth traffic
• Real-time information  provided to drivers
• Law enforcement

The software solution that integrated all data gathered by the systems is developed by UTI’s specialists and it is flexible and easily scalable to the client’s requirements.