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INTERVIEW






            MetroCount
            Overcoming



            Road Challenges in India








                                       World leader in automatic traffic monitoring,
                                       Australia based MetroCount has been

                                       exhibiting at Traffiicnfratech Expo regularly.
                                       According to Maurice Berger, Business
                                       Development Manager, the event has been the
                                       perfect place to share the company’s traffic

                                       monitoring solutions to government agencies,
                                       toll operators and survey companies India




            MetroCount has been consistently   •  RoadPod VP – a permanent
            improving and developing new         monitoring system using embedded
            technologies to optimise traffic     piezo-electric sensors, providing
            data collection. What  are  the      the highest accuracy axle-based
            range of solutions being offered     classification available.
            in India along with RoadPod VT?      MetroCount has been in India for
             The RoadPod VT is the portable,     over a decade now. How has the
            two-tube Automatic Traffic Counter /   experience been and what have
            Classifier (ATCC) used predominantly   been challenges? Because in India,
            throughout India and the rest of the   you have to tackle the uncertain
            world. Other solutions for monitoring   road conditions and change of
            vehicle traffic include:             regulations.
            •  RoadPod VT4 – an innovative      MetroCount began in India very
               four-tube portable ATCC enabling   slowly, as can be imagined, working
               comprehensive data collection from   together with local, well-respected,
               multi-lane highways, providing   engineering firms to discuss our ATCC
               individual datasets from each lane.  systems with Road Authorities and
            •  RoadPod VL – a permanent       others. Our initial challenge involved
               monitoring system using embedded   the education of local authorities to
               loop wire  to provide  long-term   the advantage of replacing a manual
               traffic data. This modular system is   counting regimen with automatic
               an economical and efficient solution   counting equipment. This not only
               for monitoring both a one-lane road   impacted traffic survey techniques but
               or a busy sixteen-lane highway and   also the change in how people are
               can also be retrofitted to existing   employed. We did not want to reduce
               loops.                         the amount of people in employment





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