ASF - 2002 annual report - Vinci

Improving toll signposting to
enable customers to select the
right payment lane more easily
“Reservé”, “CB”, Liber’T”…
As time goes by, as technical changes
occur and as commercial offers
are made, the signposting of the
To meet ever more demanding
operating constraints,
the ASF Group is continuing
to develop its telecommunications
and computer infrastructure
Events such as snowfalls or an accident
prove that the feedback of
information towards the Control
Centres of Vedène, for ASF, and
Mandelieu for ESCOTA, then the
speed with which the information is
broadcast, are essential for the safety
of all. It is in this line of logic that
ASF has continued to invest again
this year to:
■ Develop the capacity of our optical
fibre network.
These optical fibres, which belong
100% to the ASF Group, provide
all the telephone and computer
connections, video and the connection
of all the field equipment made
available to operators who monitor
approaches to the toll barriers has
become increasingly complex. The
Group therefore decided to improve
the legibility of the indications in
order to facilitate the choice of the
right lane, to allow customers to
identify the card payment lanes more
traffic in each district (i.e. some
80 km), in particular.
■ Put in more road management
equipment.
Since June 2000, ASF has been
equipping its network with new
variable message panels (PMV).
In 2002; close to 30 PMV were
installed on the ASF-ESCOTA
network, bringing the mesh of the
network up to nearly 230 PMV at
toll stations and along the network.
In addition, on the ESCOTA network,
15 video cameras, 3 DAI
cameras (automatic incident detectors)
and 14 warning panels were
installed.
easily and, in particular, allow its subscribers
to identify with a single glance
the lanes reserved for remote payment
(“télépéage”). A study of the
reinforcement of the remote payment
signposting was started in 2002
to be implemented in 2003.
Improving uninterrupted traffic flow also means
informing customers in real time about traffic conditions
on the network
■ Modernise the Vedène Traffic
Control Centre.
The Vedène Traffic Control Centre
has been equipped with a new
multi-screen wall. This new generation
equipment presents even more
information to traffic operators in
real time. It provides an overall view
The “journey time” information is now available on over 1,000
km of the network; the A61 motorway, the Toulouse agglomeration and the
ASF section operated on the A8 were added in 2002 to the existing
installations.