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Tomasz Zwolinski

Municipality

of

Krakow

CiViTAS Forum 2008

09-11 November

Bologna

ENFORCEMENT OF ACCESS RESTRICTIONS WITH CAR PLATE RECOGNITION SYSTEM IN KRAKOW

Enforcement of access restrictions in Krakow

CiViTAS

Forum 2008 09-11 November Bologna Tomasz Zwolinski

AGENDA

• Introduction

• Technical aspects of the project

• Organizational aspects of the project

• Results of measurements

• Future of the system

• Summary


CiViTAS


Key figures of Krakow

• 760 000 inhabitants• 140 000 students• 327 sq. km area• 1100 km of road network• MS: 60% PT, 40% private cars• ca. 1 mln

passengers/day• 130

bus

lines

and 25

tram

lines


Introduction

CiViTAS


• transport policy

from

1993

• idea of

A,B,C zones

implemented

in

90’s

• big problem of

illegal

traffic

(mainly

through)

• pilot implementation

of

electronic

system


Introduction

CiViTAS


• start up

in December 2007

• first

set of

identified

vehicles

• one gate

close

to Main

Square


Technical aspects of the project

CiViTAS Forum 2008 09-11 November Bologna Tomasz Zwolinski

Electronic identification system contains:• Hardware part

- color camera for driver face-

monochromatic camera with IR system for car plate-

computer of vision processing -

power system-

Wi-Fi modem• Software part

-

data base management system




All advantages in one box:- camera- computer- OCR software




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Transfer of data

Data base-

white list-

black list


Organizational aspects of the project


BARRIERS

• large list of exceptions:

-

residents of A, B and C

zones

-

hotel guests (A and B zone)

-

goods

delivery

(from 6 p.m. -10 a.m. and 1 p.m. –

2 p.m).

-

privileged vehicles

• limited access to national data of vehicles

• some politicians not convienced

DRIVERS

• professional system supplier

• cooperation with City Guards

• media involvement


Organizational aspects of the project


Electronic identification system will be forwarded to Krakow

City Guardby the

end

of

the

CARAVEL Project.


Results of the measurements (1)





Measurements of transit traffic

Percentage of transit traffic on entries to the zone B


Summary


OPTION CHARACTERISTICS1. 2.

Option I Monitoring all entry and exit from the zone

The total number of cameras: 26

Option II Monitoring zone entries. The total number of cameras: 13

Opion III Monitoring zone exits. The total number of cameras: 13

Option IV Monitoring zone entries in variable

time and location.The total number of cameras: 3 On the other entries installation

of dummies

Option V Monitoring points of entry to the zone of highest intensity of transit traffic. The total number of cameras: 3-5. On the other entries installation of dummies

Variants of the extension of the electronic identification system


Summary


One month pay-back effort for variant II, III (13 cameras) = 14300 tickets

The number of illegal (unauthorized) vehicles in June 2008 was more than 40000 !


Thank you !

Tomasz ZwolińskiMunicipality

of

[email protected]

Maciej MichnejMunicipality

of

[email protected]

www.krakow.plwww.caravel-krakow.pl

CiViTAS


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