The City of Cape Town has implemented thermal sensors at four of the busiest pedestrian crossings in Blaauwberg with the aim of improving the traffic flow:
The new technology operates with an all-around detection sensor that uses a thermal image to detect pedestrians and bicycles. Officials will keep on monitoring the system and make changes as needed.
The thermal sensors have been installed at four pedestrian crossings along Marine Drive and Otto du Plessis Drive in Blaauwberg:Along Otto du Plessis Drive at Shell RoadCouncillor Rob Quintas, the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Urban Mobility, and members of the City’s Portfolio Committee on Urban Mobility visited the crossings earlier today as part of their Transport Month oversight tour.
“Hopefully with the thermal sensors at these crossings we will have fewer red light violations and frustrated drivers. The innovative system will also assist with traffic flow and pollution from idling vehicles. A huge bonus is that this system is less prone to vandalism – we often find the pushbuttons at pedestrian crossings are jammed with sticks or broken. A thermal pedestrian crossing does not require pushbuttons, seeing that it operates automatically.