Description:
50/50 partnership with The Highland Council to deliver projects under the Smart Mobility theme of the wider ERDF funded Smart Cities ‘Scotlands 8th City’ programme for Inverness. The aim was to update the regions transport infrastructure to make travel easier by implementing:
- A flexible wireless mesh infrastructure allowing for smart traffic management, live traffic and public transport information
- An improvement to public transport information, introducing smart elements, including QR codes and real-time information displays at selected stops and interchanges
- Improvements to the Far North Line
- Installation of Variable Information Displays on key corridors with capacity to display live information on the status of ferry services and the road network
Website:
www.highland.gov.uk/info/20014/economic_development/834/smart_cities
Programme: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
Status: Complete
Timeline: 2018-2023
HITRANS activities:
- Supply & Install of Smart Bus Stop Units: Successful installation of approx. 250 smart bus stop units with QR codes
- RTPI: Improvement of real time passenger travel information database and assets in the HITRANS area
- Fair Exchange: project to create additional capacity, improved resilience & better maintenance access on the Kyle railway line between Strathcarron & Kyle, with the project funding a new Token Exchange Point near Stromferry
- Variable Message Signs (VMS) at three location (Kyle, Fort William and Broadford) displaying live ferry and road network information
