Hikvision technology places Tres Cantos at the forefront of 'smart cities'’ Spanish

El municipio madrileño cuenta ahora con un sistema de seguridad, desarrollado en colaboración con SICE, compuesto por veintitrés cámaras; un centro de pantallas para controlar en tiempo real el tráfico y el software de gestión HikCentral.

Hikvision, proveedor de soluciones AIoT y servicios de Big Data enfocados a la industria de la seguridad, in collaboration with the integrator THOUGH, ha diseñado e instalado un sistema de control de tráfico en Tres Cantos (Madrid) que está mejorando la movilidad vial, aumentando la seguridad del municipio y contribuyendo a crear un entorno más sostenible.

The project, que fue una demanda del propio consistorio, ha convertido a esta localidad madrileña en pionera en términos de ciudad inteligente (smart city).

La solución de Hikvision se basa en tres pilares: The first consists of the installation of a total of twenty-three at the entrances to the municipality. Specifically, seven PTZ domes, fifteen LPR devices for license plate recognition and a PanoVu multi-lens panoramic camera.

En segundo lugar, a recording and monitoring system managed from the control screen center, located at the headquarters of the Local Police of Tres Cantos. Finally, the HikCentral video management software from Hikvision, which provides all the information, data and statistics and facilitates the local council of this municipality in making quick decisions to improve mobility and traffic flow.

This complete solution allows the detection and management of any traffic-related incident in real time, which makes monitoring work easier, helps to identify offenders and provides relevant information to speed up traffic, thus avoiding congestion at certain points and at certain times of the day.

Excellent results

The need arose due to the traffic intensity in Tres Cantos, a very dynamic municipality, con 50.000 inhabitants and with a large presence of companies (around 3.000), which attract every day about 36.000 people who come to work from other locations.

The results after the implementation of the project have been evident and very positive. Hikvision's solution provides very valuable information to the Tres Cantos City Council about traffic flows: at which points there are complications and at what times of day; which are the most trafficked areas; how many vehicles enter and leave the municipality on weekdays and on holidays; profile of those vehicles, etc.

Thanks to that detailed information, those responsible can make decisions that help improve mobility, such as changing the duration of traffic lights or proposing alternative routes, among others.

Regarding real-time monitoring, carried out by the Local Police, has improved efficiency in the use of resources. Previously, the only way to check the situation at a specific point consisted of sending a patrol to carry out constant rounds.

Now, the installed video surveillance system warns of an incident and the patrol can be sent at the exact moment it is needed. The response to any event is faster, coordinated and effective.

LPR cameras also allow the immediate detection of specific vehicles (both stolen, such as those driving without insurance, belonging to people with restraining orders,…), as well as to locate if an infraction is committed.

Juan Sábada, business development manager of Hikvision, explains that 'Tres Cantos is a pioneering municipality in this type of solutions'. Now, other municipalities are launching similar projects in which we are actively participating, and many more are beginning to consider it, because the benefits for citizens are multiple and immediate'.