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RSS parkingSkin-detecting CCTV keeps an eye on motorists
News He said many UK councils have shown interest in using dtech to police vehicle occupancy, adding it is already in use "all over the world".dtech has additional applications beyond policing congestion, according to Tyrer, who said as well as car... [26 Feb 2008]
Multi-Level Parking Lot: Non-Stop Unmanned Surveillance for Multi-Level Car Park
White Paper The administrators of a multi-level car park in north-eastern Italy were faced with an ever-worsening problem of car and goods theft and increasing threats to the personal security of staff and customers. [22 Nov 2007]
Dear silicon.com... cashless concerns, battle of the OSes, iPhone fans...
Comment I still for the life of me see how identity card will prevent terrorist form carring out the evil activities, after all most of the population of Britian have driving liecences but it does not stop them from either speeding or parking on the... [15 Nov 2007]
Wi-fi CCTV in parking tickets drive
News Westminster City Council is busy installing networked security cameras that can recognise parking permits and the number plates of offending vehicles. The system means parking tickets can be issued without a human witnessing the offence in person. [11 Sep 2007]
Blackpool saves £2m with contact management
Case Study More importantly, it was able to deliver more joined-up services to constituents including council tax, business rates, planning, street scene services, electoral registration, highways, street lighting, permits for skips and scaffolds, car... [06 Aug 2007]
Parking Made Easy Via WAP and SMSÂ
White Paper EMT wanted to introduce a Mobile Parking service that would make it easier for clients to pay for their parking as well as making it easier for parking area owners and parking inspectors to monitor the payments of parked cars. [06 Aug 2007]
Wireless Ad Hoc Discovery of Parking Meters
White Paper Locating a suitable parking spot is a common challenge faced by millions of city-dwellers every day. Wireless ad hoc networking technologies offer a new and efficient means to both simplify the process of parking and find collection as well as... [01 Aug 2007]
Web security breach exposes 54,000 card details
News The file contained details of payments for council tax, business rates, parking fines and rents for more than a year between February 2006 and April 2007. A security blunder at Newcastle City Council has exposed the credit and debit card details of... [27 Jul 2007]
Editor's Blog: Tech improves... but we don't?
Comment You may have heard about Westminster Council in the centre of London rolling out a parking meter system that relies on drivers paying using their mobile phones. But also don't forget how much councils have lost to parking meter fraud. [28 Jun 2007]
Photos: The Millennium Dome goes high-tech
Photo NEC said the technology is also available to create a full customer identity management system that would cover car parking, purchasing and collecting tickets - and allow Minority Report-style interaction with digital signs and adverts at the venue. [22 Jun 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: How we'll beat road pricing
Comment Augment all of this with high taxes on road usage and fuel, and punitive parking and traffic violation fees, and I'm sure you get the picture. Dispatched via free wi-fi in case I'm really in Hotel California - I seem to be able to get in here but... [12 Jun 2007]
Dave Lynch
CIO Profile Dave Lynch is responsible for the technology function at Newcastle-based bus, rail, car parking and aviation transport services group Go-Ahead. Lynch, who took up the Go-Ahead role in 2004, is a UK transport expert and delivers the IT to support... [06 Jun 2007]
Learn to love the web, councils chiefs told
News Other successes highlighted by the report include online ordering of recycling bins in South Oxfordshire and pay-by-phone parking in Westminster. Local authorities chiefs must become more committed to online services if they are to fully take... [01 Jun 2007]
Concert hall makes sure callers don't sing the blues
Case Study Woods noted 12 per cent of calls are enquiries about show times, restaurant bookings and car-parking and is sure these customers are better served now. Home of the Proms the Royal Albert Hall (RAH) has updated its call centre systems to make sure... [30 May 2007]
RFID Solutions for Parking Control Systems
White Paper GAO RFID has launched an intelligent RFID parking control management system that integrates RFID technology, automatic control technology and applications software. For customer payment, the RFID tag can be read to debit a pre-pay system or charge... [13 Apr 2007]
