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Topic: Motorway Incident Detection and Automatic Signalling

	Motorway Incident Detection and Automatic Signalling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Motorway Incident Detection and Automatic Signalling, usually abbreviated to MIDAS, is a distributed network of traffic and weather sensors which are designed to set variable message signs and advisory speed limits with little human intervention.
		It is presently (2006) installed on several sections of the United Kingdom's busiest motorways, such as the congested western stretch of the M25 motorway and much of the M60 motorway around Manchester and the system has successfully reduced accidents [1].
		The system replaced the Automatic Incident Detection (AID) system which was trialled in 1989 on an 83 km section of the M1 motorway.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Motorway_Incident_Detection_and_Automatic_Signalling (382 words)

	M25 motorway
		It is for the most part a three-laned motorway although there are a few stretches which are two-laned and a few (seemingly shorter!) stretches which are four-laned.
		It is thought to be Europe's busiest motorway: an estimated 200,000 vehicles a day make use of it, up from 100,000 a day in 1987.
		The M25 is not circular since to the east of London the crossing of the Thames between Thurrock and Dartford[?] is on the A282 using the Dartford Crossing which consists of two tunnels and a bridge.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/m2/M25_motorway.html (405 words)

	M25 motorway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is an orbital motorway, 117 miles (188 km) in circumference, that encircles London.
		The motorway was widened to ten lanes between junctions 12 and 14, and twelve lanes between junctions 14 and 15, in November 2005.
		While this is more a structural than a logical issue, at junction 5 near Sevenoaks continuing around the M25 requires the driver to follow the slip roads, as the main routes continue as either the M26 to the east (on to the M20) or the A21 towards the south coast.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/M25_motorway (1214 words)

	M25 motorway - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It is an orbital motorway which encircles London, and is approximately 117 miles (188 km) in circumference.
		The motorway is mostly three-laned although there are a few short stretches which are two-laned and perhaps one sixth which is four-laned, around the southwestern corner.
		To the east of London, the toll crossing of the Thames between Thurrock and Dartford is renumbered the A282.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/M25_motorway (769 words)

	Peek : Detection Equipment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It is used to detect pedestrian movements at Puffin crossings, to extend or cancel demands accordingly.
		The MPD is an on-crossing detector, and the MVD detects vehicle movements.
		The Motorway Incident Detection and Automatic Signalling (MIDAS) Outstation provides the final processing node in the hierarchical MIDAS data communications path, and is a fundamental part of the Highways Agency’s congestion management strategy.
	www.peek-traffic.co.uk /data/detection.htm (351 words)

	Builder & Engineer On-line (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The driver information system is intended to improve safety by providing advance warnings of incidents on the motorway network, and to advise drivers on alternative routes to avoid incidents or congestion.
		The first, motorway incident detection and automatic signalling (or Midas), are road loops placed within the motorway surface.
		Prior to installation of the beams, the gantry foundations and legs were constructed in the motorway verge.
	www.builderandengineer.co.uk /projects/civils/highways/0202/p60_nb202_m62.html (779 words)

	::: Idris Published Articles :::
		On inter-urban routes, detection of the presence of a vehicle is generally performed either by an under-carriageway electro-mechanical device known as a treadle, or through the use of overhead or side-mounted light-curtains or ultrasonic sensors.
		After all, if motorway tolling is to be introduced in the UK sometime after 2011, it is open road tolling - as opposed to tolling plazas - that will be required.
		Hence, while the light-curtain detection method is capable of providing up to 12 classification categories based on the overhead ‘view’of the vehicle by the laser beam, it cannot classify a vehicle according to the number of its axles.
	www.idris-technology.com /Article_FromWhomTheTolls.html (1100 words)

	TRL Software: Products (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		MTV (Motorway Traffic Viewer, now version 2.1) is a specialist graphical tool with advanced features to analyse and visualise motorway traffic and signal data.
		MTV uses motorway traffic and signal data obtained from MIDAS (Motorway Incident Detection and Automatic Signalling) loops.
		MTV was used on the M25 Controlled Motorway Scheme to visualise and interpret traffic conditions and signals.
	www.trlsoftware.co.uk /index.asp?Section=Products&Item=MTV (770 words)

	North West's award winning electronic motorway signs improve safety (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		An award winning motorway message system, on the North West motorway network, which will improve safety and reduce congestion on major routes, has been completed three months ahead of schedule.
		MIDAS, the Motorway Incident Detection and Automatic Signalling system uses detectors in the road surface linked to electronic motorway message signs to warn drivers of queues that have or are likely to be formed ahead.
		It manages, maintains and improves England's motorways and trunk roads on behalf of the Secretary of State.
	www.egovmonitor.com /node/4706/print (373 words)

	Highways Agency 'Next Steps' Review 1999 : evaluation report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Motorway Incident Detection and Automatic Signalling uses loops in the road to detect slow moving traffic and automatically activates signals showing a reduced advisory speed limit, with a message about traffic problems ahead.
		MIDAS has been installed on parts of M25 and M60 (Manchester) and HA is planning to introduce it on the most congested lengths of the motorway network, including motorway boxes, and their approaches, and much of the M1 and M6.
		An extensive pilot controlled motorway project has been in operation on parts of M25, showing that speeds can indeed be controlled provided there is enforcement.
	www.dft.gov.uk /stellent/groups/dft_roads/documents/page/dft_roads_026275-04.hcsp (1614 words)

	Intelligent Transport Systems Copywriters, Copywriting & Journalism
		Issues of safety and the access of the emergency services to incidents on the motorway, are frequently being raised in opposition to the idea of HSR and it is argued that introducing another lane will, far from relieving congestion, simply attract more traffic.
		In The Netherlands, the Dutch began using HSR on a short section of the A28 motorway outside Utrecht and it rapidly became evident that in addition to improving traffic flows during periods of high demand, the scheme was also resulting in a reduction in the number of collisions.
		When a vehicle's presence is detected by the MIDAS loops, an automatic alarm warns the control room operator and pans the nearest CCTV camera onto the scene.
	www.patrickhook.com /dutch/features/feature5.html (1627 words)

	GNN - Government News Network
		Drivers will be protected by a new incident warning system to be installed shortly on the M6 at Junction 17 near Congleton.
		MIDAS, the Motorway Incident Detection and Automatic Signalling system, uses detectors linked to electronic motorway message signs to warn drivers of queues that have or are likely to be formed ahead.
		The closure, will be between midnight on Saturday 7 May and 5am on Sunday 8 May. Northbound drivers will leave the motorway at the Junction 17 exit slip road, use the roundabout, and re-enter the motorway via the entry slip road at the other side.
	www.gnn.gov.uk /Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=155816&NewsAreaID=2 (350 words)

	M25 motorway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It is for the most part a motorway although there are a few stretches are two-laned and a few (seemingly shorter) which are four-laned.
		It is thought to Europe 's busiest motorway: an estimated 200 000 a day make use of it up 100 000 a day in 1987.
		More recently the perenially congested south-western stretch the M25 (near Woking) was fitted with an experimental automated control system called MIDAS (Motorway Incident Detection Automatic Signalling).
	www.freeglossary.com /M25_motorway (882 words)

	UK Commission for Integrated Transport - Motorists' Forum
		By early 2005, the busiest 30% of the motorway network will be covered by inductive loops capable of generating robust journey time data under the MIDAS (Motorway Incident Detection and Automatic Signalling) project.
		One option may be to use an interim additional indicator (for example, related to the motorway network covered by MIDAS) until more extensive arrangements can be put in place.
		The study has suggested that there is sufficient predictability of journey times on congested sections of motorway to consider further the promulgation of the information to the public.
	www.cfit.gov.uk /mf/reports/imcfinal (1330 words)

	Rochdale Observer - Motorway gets the Midas touch
		Since the end of September, 27 giant super gantries, spanning the full width of the motorway, have been installed between Heywood and Milnrow in a series of overnight operations by a 650-ton capacity crane.
		The £11M project is a key part of MIDAS - motorway incident detection and automatic signalling - that will give drivers advance warning of problems on the motorway ahead and help them avoid trouble spots.
		MIDAS will detect queues through a series of sensors in the carriageway and automatically set signs to warn approaching traffic.
	www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk /news/w/30/30381_motorway_gets_the_midas_touch.html (560 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Motorway Incident Detection and Automatic Signalling
		Motorway Incident Detection and Automatic Signalling, usually abbreviated to MIDAS, is a distributed network of traffic and weather sensors, speed cameras and variable speed signs which control traffic speeds with little human supervision.
		It is presently (2005) installed on the congested south-western stretch of the M25 motorway in the UK (near Woking) and the system has successfully reduced congestion.
		It is anticipated that MIDAS will be fitted to the rest of the M25 and selected other routes in due course.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Motorway_Incident_Detection_and_Automatic_Signalling (128 words)

	House of Commons - Transport, Local Government and the Regions - Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence
		The Motorway Incident Detection and Automatic Signalling System (MIDAS) is a system installed on motorways which monitors the traffic speeds and detects locations where queues are forming or speed is very low.
		It automatically displays advisory 50 mph speed limits to the rear of the queue to reduce approach speeds and prevent rear end collisions.
		It provides more extensive monitoring and the ability to control individual motorway traffic lanes by the provision of signals above each lane that can be used to change the speed limit, and or to stop traffic in the event of an accident or incident.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm200102/cmselect/cmtlgr/557/557ap67.htm (1351 words)

	news feature page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Motorway Incident Detection Automatic Signalling, or MIDAS as it is better known, will monitor road conditions, and information about or an incident that has occurred will be relayed automatically to road users through message signs.
		The flexibility of the Active Traffic Management pilot project will mean quicker access to incidents for both emergency services and roadside recovery vehicles, as they can gain access quickly through lanes closed to normal traffic.
		In June 2003 I highlighted the fact that plans were afoot to utilise the hard shoulder of certain motorways as an extra lane in peak periods, writes Ed Passant, DDMC Chief Executive.
	www.disabled-motorist.co.uk /september04/newsfeature.php (960 words)

	Motorways to get new overhead signs delivering pictures - to aid drivers :: PublicTechnology.net :: e-Government & ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		CCTV will allow them to assess the situation, manage incidents on the motorway, and set the new message signs more accurately.
		The new signs will be linked to an incident detection system, which uses loops in the road to identify slow or queuing traffic and automatically activates the signals to warn approaching vehicles of an incident on the road ahead.
		Advisory messages on the MS4 signs will be triggered automatically by the MIDAS incident detection loop system (Motorway Incident Detection Automatic Signalling), which uses vehicle detectors set in the road surface to track traffic flows.
	www.publictechnology.net /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=3138&POSTNUKESID=6391e5c4066d06e6b9362cd38d0aa7d6 (1083 words)

	Paul Humphreys's Weblog
		Sometimes when you are on the M25 London Orbital motorway you feel you might spend seven days going round the bit you want to travel on, but on our way there and back to our holiday in
		As expected despite the MIDAS (Motorway Incident Detection and Automatic Signalling) system things were pretty jammed up.
		MIDAS consists of a distributed network of traffic and weather sensors, speed cameras and variable speed signs which control traffic speeds with little human supervision.
	blogs.sun.com /roller/language/paulhu/20041030?language=vi (439 words)

	Abbreviations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Sometimes (rarely) the "Incident" is incorrectly transcribed as "Incidence".
		The measurement (metering) of traffic flow on the entry slip roads (ramps) to motorways (or other roads) and on the main carriageway on the approach to the junction.
		This is generally done with the aim of controlling the entry of traffic (by traffic lights) from the slip road onto the main carriageway, so as to reduce congestion.
	www.atft.co.uk /r-abbrev.html (3927 words)

	House of Commons - Public Accounts - Twenty-Fifth Report
		The Agency had installed the most sophisticated technology, the Motorway Incident Detection and Automatic Signalling (MIDAS) system, mainly on motorways around the major conurbations in the North and the Midlands and along the M1 and M6.
		By contrast, some 70% of the motorway network, including parts of the M25 motorway, was still served by only the most basic electronic message signs, indicating conditions such as "fog" or a speed restriction.
		The Agency considered that resources had been a limiting factor, although it would be expanding implementation of its more sophisticated technology across the network over the coming years.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm200405/cmselect/cmpubacc/134/13407.htm (699 words)

	New m-way signals will improve safety
		For the last three months, giant ‘‘super gantries’’ which span the entire width of the M62 have been installed in a series of overnight operations by a giant crane.
		The £11 million project is a key part of MIDAS - Motorway Incident Detection and Automatic Signalling - which will give drivers advance warning of problems on the motorway ahead and help them to avoid trouble-spots.
		For safety reasons, we have had to close the motorway overnight to install the gantries and we would like to thank drivers for their patience during the operation.
	www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk /news/s/39/39578_new_mway_signals_will_improve_safety.html (391 words)

	High-tech road signs for M4 silicon corridor - LANs - Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com
		Work will begin next month on a £15m project to install 43 high-tech motorway message signs on the M3 and the M4, beginning with a communications upgrade.
		The signs will also get data from the Motorway Incident Detection Automatic Signalling (Midas) incident detection system, which uses loops in the road to identify slow or queuing traffic and automatically activates the signals to warn approaching vehicles of an incident on the road ahead.
		Cameras have been mounted on a number of the signs so the Highways Agency can see how drivers react to the signs but it emphasised that the cameras cannot be used to catch speeders and do not have the functionality to be used for recognition of number plates.
	networks.silicon.com /lans/0,39024663,39131424,00.htm (577 words)

	IPL case study - Highways Agency: Using telematics to assist the road traveller with safety and reliability in mind
		The Highways Agency maintains, operates and improves the network of trunk roads and motorways in England.
		Controlled Motorways and MIDAS (Motorway Incident Detection and Automatic Signalling) – IPL has provided extensive managerial and technical support of MIDAS, Controlled Motorways, Control Office Base Station (COBS) and Signalling since their inception.
		The Controlled Motorways System was first introduced in 1995 on the M25.
	www.ipl.com /markets/transport/mr110.php (500 words)

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