UTMC
Launched in 1997, the UTMC programme was the UK Department for Transport (DfT) main initiative for the development of a more open approach to Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) in urban areas. During the first three years, a number of research projects were undertaken to establish and validate an approach based on modular systems and open standards. These have contributed to the UTMC Technical Specifications, which define UTMC standards.
In January 2001, the programme embarked on its demonstrator phase to consolidate the results of the earlier research. Preston, Reading, Stratford-upon-Avon and York have implemented, in a pragmatic way, full scale demonstrator projects based on the UTMC approach.
The primary intention of UTMC Technical Specification is to facilitate the interoperability of modules in a Traffic Management System, and between such systems and external parties.
For more information see the wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_Traffic_Management_and_Control
For information on UTMC technical standards visit the official UTMC site: http://www.utmc.uk.com/
Cloud Amber use UTMC compliant interfaces throughout the product range. In addition to this standard, we are actively looking to how the standard can be expanded and improved in line with modern communication techniques and object interoperable protocols.
