Leading manufacturer of ITS product solutions AGD Systems will exhibit at this year’s Highways UK exhibition, 7-8 November at the NEC, Birmingham.

This flagship event for the people and organisations involved in the planning, designing, building, operating and future-proofing of the UK’s road network comprises a multi-stream conference combined with a major exhibition.

AGD will be showcasing its new 343 Highways Monitoring Radar at the show. Developed using the company’s experience and expertise in designing radars for highway enforcement, the AGD 343 is an easy-to-integrate traffic flow monitoring solution that provides real-time data on multi-lane highways.

With highway authorities calling for a moratorium on penetration of the road surface there is increasing demand for more flexible above-ground traffic monitoring solutions, as Ian Hind, AGD’s commercial director, explains: “The 343 was developed in response to feedback from the UK and around the world that there is a need to be able to locate traffic monitoring radar close to the carriageway. Most radars must be mounted between 5m and 8m from the carriageway, and there isn’t always that amount of space available. The 343 can be mounted as close as 2m from inner edge of the inside lane and will still provide information for the lane immediately below the radar, as well as the lane on the farthest point of the carriageway.”

In order to create the solution, AGD worked with a design partner to develop a bespoke antenna that allows the 343 to look down at 30 degrees, as well as being able to monitor ten lanes of traffic, looking across both carriageways to detect vehicle travel in approaching and receding directions.

“The 343 can be used almost anywhere for better-informed decision-making and optimised traffic flows. It combines well with our enforcement solutions to offer a full product suite for UK smart motorways as well as international highways,” says Ian Hind.

At Highways UK, AGD will also present its WiFi-enabled, IP-capable 645 Pedestrian Detector – now with 10m x 3m detection zone, and the non-intrusive, loop-replacing 318 Traffic Control Radar. Visitors to AGD’s stand can expect to see the following innovations:

• The 645 Pedestrian Detector now has volumetric capability as part of the standard build. This allows accurate monitoring of the level of pedestrian occupancy in the wait zone for safer, smarter pedestrian crossings.
• For ease of configuration, the 318 now benefits from WiFi AGD Touch-setup technology, like the 645, and this will be demonstrated at the show.
• The 318 now includes an important new function: the ability to detect stationary or queuing traffic. This, together with WiFi AGD Touch-setup technology and an enhanced user setup GUI, will facilitate MOVA installations and other strategic applications.

AGD can be found on stand D20 at Highways UK 2018.

Leading manufacturer of ITS product solutions AGD Systems will exhibit at this year’s Traffex exhibition, 2-4 April at the NEC, Birmingham.

Traffex is the UK’s largest and most established exhibition for all those involved in the traffic and pedestrian control sector. At this year’s show, AGD will showcase its new suite of pedestrian solutions for 2019.

The 326, available from September, allows optimisation of the crossing phase, giving back more green time to traffic. It is suitable for UK and international deployment, and features dynamically adjustable range for new site designs. The 641, available from May, offers a 4 x 2m zone for monitoring the pedestrian wait area and 3D stereo vision with self-IR illumination of zone for enhanced night-time detection. Both solutions offer safe, easy remote setup via a smart phone or tablet with AGD Touch-setup.

Ian Hind, AGD’s commercial director, says: “It is very exciting for AGD to be replacing its entire popular traffic control portfolio in 2019 with a new family of high-performance pedestrian and vehicle detectors for urban crossings and junction control.

“Customers will benefit from the ease, convenience and safety offered by WiFi AGD Touch-setup across the whole range, and a complementary suite of solutions that have been designed using valuable customer feedback for international as well as UK deployments.”

As part of this comprehensive solutions suite, visitors to Traffex can also see AGD’s WiFi-enabled, IP-capable 645 Pedestrian Detector – now with 10m x 3m detection zone, and the non-intrusive, loop-replacing 318 Traffic Control Radar.

The 645 now has volumetric capability as part of the standard build, which allows monitoring of the level of pedestrian occupancy in the wait zone for safer, smarter pedestrian crossings. The 318 includes an important new function: the ability to detect stationary or queuing traffic. This, together with WiFi AGD Touch-setup technology and an enhanced user setup GUI, will facilitate MOVA installations and other strategic applications.

AGD will also present its new 343 Highways Monitoring Radar at the show. Developed using the company’s experience and expertise in designing radars for highway speed enforcement, the AGD 343 is an easy-to-integrate traffic flow monitoring solution that provides real-time data on multi-lane highways.

The 343 can be mounted as close as 2m from inner edge of the inside lane of the carriageway and will still provide information for the lane immediately below the radar, as well as the lane on the farthest point of the carriageway – looking across both carriageways to detect vehicle travel in approaching and receding directions. It can be used almost anywhere for better-informed decision-making and optimised traffic flows and combines well with AGD’s enforcement solutions to offer a full product suite for UK smart motorways as well as international highways.

AGD can be found on stand D026 at Traffex 2019.

AGD had a very successful two days at JCT Symposium this year. Commercial Manager Greg Baker presented along with Chris Kennett (Green Signals) a paper on recent trials of the AGD 645 kerbside detector by Cambridgeshire County Council.  The authority wanted to improve the safety of its pedestrian crossings in areas of high demand and help ease cycle congestion at city centre junctions. Traffic signals consultancy Green Signals set up two trials using AGD’s cutting-edge volumetric detection technology.

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645 Case Study – Green Signals, Cambridge

AGD Systems, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of ITS product solutions, is to exhibit at this year’s JCT Symposium and Exhibition, 12-13 September 2018 at The Nottingham Conference Centre.

At JCT, AGD will showcase its WiFi-enabled, IP-capable 645 Pedestrian Detector – now with 10m x 3m detection zone; the non-intrusive, loop-replacing 318 Traffic Control Radar and the new 343 Highways Monitoring radar. Visitors to AGD’s stand can expect to see the following innovations:

• Available as part of the standard build from September, the 645 Pedestrian Detector now has volumetric capability which allows accurate monitoring of the level of pedestrian occupancy in the wait zone for safer, smarter pedestrian crossings.
• For ease of configuration, the 318 now benefits from WiFi AGD Touch-setup technology, like the 645, and this will be demonstrated at the show.
• Premiering at JCT, the 318 now includes an important new function: the ability to detect stationary or queuing traffic. This, together with WiFi AGD Touch-setup technology and an enhanced user setup GUI, will facilitate MOVA installations and other strategic applications.

AGD will also be previewing its exciting new radar detection product for highways at JCT. Developed using AGD’s experience and expertise in designing radars for highway enforcement, the new AGD 343 Highways Monitoring Radar is an easy-to-integrate traffic flow monitoring solution that provides real-time data on multi-lane highways.

With highway authorities calling for a moratorium on penetration of the road surface there is increasing demand for more flexible above-ground traffic monitoring solutions, explains Ian Hind, AGD’s commercial director: “The 343 was developed in response to feedback from the UK and around the world that there is a need to be able to locate traffic monitoring radar close to the carriageway. Most radars must be mounted between 5m and 8m from the carriageway, and there isn’t always that amount of space available. The 343 can be mounted as close as 2m from inner edge of the inside lane and will still provide information for the lane immediately below the radar, as well as the lane on the farthest point of the carriageway.”

In order to create the solution, AGD worked with a design partner to develop a bespoke antenna that allows the 343 to look down at 30 degrees, as well as being able to monitor ten lanes of traffic, looking across both carriageways to detect vehicle travel in approaching and receding directions.

“The 343 can be used almost anywhere for better-informed decision-making and optimised traffic flows. It combines well with our enforcement solutions to offer a full product suite for UK smart motorways and international highways,” says Ian Hind.

AGD can be found on stand 01 at JCT 2018.

AGD Systems, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of ITS product solutions, has appointed Sean Hammond to the newly created role of sales and marketing manager.

Sean brings to his new position more than twenty years’ experience in national and international selling and promotion, business development, worldwide customer project management, distributor management and marketing. He has extensive knowledge of engineering and manufacturing processes and has worked in a wide range of engineering and technology environments. He has an HND in mechanical engineering from the University of Gloucester.

Sean’s appointment strengthens the already successful commercial team at AGD at a time of key worldwide expansion, says commercial director Ian Hind: “Sean has strong experience in overseas markets within other technical industries and his appointment will underpin our continued emphasis on export in the period 2018-2021. He’s well equipped to take new AGD product solutions to international traffic control, enforcement and highways markets.”

Sean Hammond’s appointment to the AGD management team will also help realise the aspirations of parent company, The Traffic Group, to drive export growth over the next four years. He looks forward to meeting key clients at JCT Symposium this month.

Visitors to AGD’s stand at this year’s Traffex Seeing Is Believing (SIB), which took place on 27-28 June at Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire, were interested to see the new, even larger zone AGD 645 Pedestrian Detector and the game-changing, non-intrusive AGD 318 traffic control radar.

There was also a lot of buzz around AGD’s newest product, the AGD 343 Highways Monitoring Radar, which was previewing at the show. Developed using AGD’s experience and expertise in designing radars for highway enforcement, the 343 is an easy-to-integrate traffic flow monitoring solution that provides real-time data on multi-lane highways. Designed for traffic profiling and incident detection, the 343 dramatically enhances highway safety, capability and efficiency.

“SIB – held this year for the first time in the summer – was a great opportunity to showcase AGD’s solutions. The strong interest from visitors to the show in the new 343 Highways Monitoring Radar has been mirrored equally by the international response to our pre-show product mailings,” commented AGD’s commercial director, Ian Hind.

AGD Systems, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of ITS product solutions, is to exhibit at this year’s Traffex Seeing is Believing (SIB) – 27-28 June 2018 at Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire.

At Traffex SIB AGD will showcase its WiFi-enabled, IP-capable 645 Pedestrian Detector – now with larger 10m x 3m detection zone, and the non-intrusive, loop-replacing 318 Traffic Control Radar. These highly successful products deliver unprecedented ease of deployment, integration and setup to allow maximum flexibility for evolving traffic models.

At the show, AGD will also be previewing an exciting new radar detection product for highways. The new AGD 343 Highways Monitoring Radar opens fresh markets for the company and will bring its solutions to new customers and channels internationally.

Developed using AGD’s experience and expertise in designing radars for highway enforcement, the 343 is an easy-to-integrate traffic flow monitoring solution that provides real-time data on multi-lane highways. Designed for traffic profiling and incident detection, the 343 dramatically enhances highway safety, capability and efficiency.

“Our new highways monitoring radar will collect detailed traffic flow data on the network, replacing loop technology to monitor multiple lanes on inter-urban routes,” explains Ian Hind.
“It employs proven enforcement-grade radar and measurement techniques to quantify speed, range and length of passing vehicles. The radar allows instant decision-making in determining whether traffic is free-moving, slowing or starting to queue.”

AGD can be found on stand 19 inside the exhibition hall, and on plot 4 outside at Traffex SIB 2018.

At this year’s Intertraffic Amsterdam, which took place on 20-23 March, AGD Systems welcomed a record number of visitors to its stand who were keen to find out more about its new, even larger zone kerbside detector, the AGD 645, and the highly successful non-intrusive, loop-replacing AGD 318 Traffic Control Radar.

Commercial Director Ian Hind noted high levels of interest from ITS professionals, traffic and transport authorities from across Europe and around the world.  “With a thriving export business, we are committed to extending our reach overseas and it was good to be able to talk to potential customers from a range of countries about how our product solutions can answer their needs.

“Intertraffic was not only a great opportunity to showcase our next-generation product solutions for Urban Traffic and Pedestrian Control but to collaborate with existing clients operating in the Enforcement and Highways sectors who are deploying advanced AGD radar solutions around the globe as part of their local inter-urban traffic control schemes”

As more local authorities aim to eradicate in-ground detection from their road networks, AGD Systems’ 318 Traffic Control Radar provides the intelligent solution they need.

Councils are seeking to cut the costs of installation, repair and ongoing maintenance of detection at junctions, and the new breed of above-ground radar provides a smart solution to wear-prone loops and magnetometers.

Says Ian Hind, commercial director at AGD Systems: “Staffordshire County Council recently used the AGD 318 Traffic Control Radar to replace speed detection loops at a busy junction, and the success of the solution has resulted in their decision to avoid in-ground detection wherever possible in the future. We believe it’s only a matter of time before others follow suit.”

Martin Fenlon, principal signals engineer at Staffordshire County Council, explains: “Because the road surface was in such poor condition where the loops would have been installed, the AGD 318 radar gave us an ideal, non-intrusive solution for detection. This option saves us a great deal of time and money because it is pole-mounted, easy to configure and maintenance-free.”

Developed from enforcement-grade technology, the AGD 318 provides accurate virtual loop detection with speed discrimination, and can emulate two inductive loops to a range of 150m or provide lane-specific detection up to 40m for a range of applications. Because it is pole-mounted, it requires no ducting or intrusive works to install, and there is no need for traffic management and the associated disruption to road users. Easy to set up using AGD Touch-setup, the AGD 318 is cheaper to maintain and the detection zone can easily be changed or moved without any intrusive works.

“The AGD 318 detects vehicle type based on range, size, speed and direction of travel, enabling green wave strategies in which bikes and buses can be prioritised over cars,” continues Ian Hind. “It is ideal in a huge range of applications, including MOVA, speed discrimination and single left or right turn. Using this technology can save councils many thousands of pounds while helping ensure optimal performance of roads, junctions and crossings.”

Martin Fenlon at Staffordshire County Council concludes: “Road surfaces are not being maintained as well as they once were, due to budget constraints, which can result in problems for intrusive detection solutions. And of course traffic management costs when you cut loops into the road are huge. Loop-free technology is the only way to go as far as we’re concerned.”

AGD Systems is pleased to announce that its parent company, The Traffic Group Limited (TTG) – formerly AGD Group Limited – has acquired MAV Systems Limited (MAV) as part of its ambitious plans for growth.

MAV is one of the world’s foremost suppliers of Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras. It employs 21 staff based in Eynsford, Kent, and also has a sales office in Sutton Coldfield. MAV designs and manufactures its products in-house and has a customer base that is complementary to AGD’s. MAV will continue to operate as a stand-alone business under its existing management.

AGD Systems is already working with MAV supplying radar products to work alongside MAV’s IQ range of intelligent ANPR cameras, and the two companies are currently collaborating on a number of other synergistic systems. The acquisition will bring a more extensive range of traffic solutions under one banner.

MAV has achieved excellent growth within the ITS, parking, policing and enforcement markets in the UK and internationally. Combining the intentional sales channels of MAV with those of TTG’s existing businesses will create significantly enhanced opportunities for new overseas sales.

Steve Walker, co-founder and managing director of MAV, commented: “In joining forces with TTG we are already seeing opportunities to develop enhanced products for all our customers beyond those we originally foresaw. The depth of technical and market expertise we now jointly possess is truly world-class and inspirational.”

Mike Hutchinson, chairman of The Traffic Group, added: “This acquisition comes at a very exciting time for us, with the formation of TTG to steer a group of strong companies – each a leader in its field – into a new phase of growth and expansion, with a product range that increasingly addresses the wider needs of the traffic market.”