Client

NSW Roads and Traffic Authority

Project description

The Vehicle Regulation Management Information System (VRMIS) is designed to provide a centralised reporting and management system for the variety of business programs undertaken by the RTA’s Vehicle Regulation division.

The system replaced outdated electronic and paper-based systems by providing an accessible and flexible means of collecting statistical data (timesheet, shift allocations, vehicle interceptions/inspections, audits, etc). The system interfaces to other business systems such as TruckScan, Heavy Vehicle Notice System (HVNS), Heavy Vehicle Inspection System (HVIS), and SAFE-T-CAM®.

Business Benefits

• Consolidated and centralised reporting.
• Direct managerial access (at all organisational levels).
• Automated data collection from other software systems.
• Centralised user and reference data maintenance.
• Improved reporting accuracy.
• Increased administrational efficiency.
• Scalable component-based architecture that is capable of growing with future client needs.

Products, Services and Value Add provided to the client

• Requirements analysis, software development services, installation and commissioning, maintenance and enhancement services.
• In January 2007, the system was successfully trialled as a timesheet system for over 350 inspectors located across New South Wales.

Technical Design

• J2EE web application based on the Model View Controller (MVC) design pattern.
• Centralised database that also houses a common ‘shared’ vehicle regulations data model, utilised by multiple applications.
• Soft-configurable statistical data definitions to facilitate the collection of data to meet changing client needs.

Key technologies, frameworks, communications & interfaces

• Java Server Pages (JSP), Java web application. JDBC, XML
• Apache Struts framework 1.2.
• ORACLE® 9iAS, ORACLE® 9i RDBMS, Solaris 2.8.
• Crystal Enterprise (Embedded Edition), Apache Tomcat 3.0 Report Server.

Client(s)

NSW Roads and Traffic Authority
Transport South Australia

Project description

A national system that monitors Heavy Vehicle compliance and road access for Restricted Heavy vehicles using satellite based telemetry services

Business Benefits

• Implementation of a national initiative to introduce a new management paradigm of Compliance and Enforcement for the heavy vehicle industry
• Workflow to manage high transaction rates using priority determined from an integrated solution using the data from heavy vehicle rating system (HVRS), TruckScan™ and SAFE-T-CAM®.

Products, Services and Value Add provided to the client

• Requirements Analysis, system design and implementation
• itree were a proactive partner and were instrumental in the specification of national standards between key stakeholders of the IAP
• itree are assisting other jurisdictions to create a IAP capability and have presented at a number of workshops

Technical Design

• IACD is a J2EE 3-Tier developed web-based enterprise application with defined Web Service interfaces to external systems which include public web interfaces
• Uses an advanced queuing system for handling high volumes of non-compliance reports (NCR)
• Modular design

Key technologies, frameworks, communications & interfaces

• J2EE, XML, Web Services, SOAP 1.2, WSS, JSP, CSS, HTML
• Spring 2, Struts 2
• ORACLE® 9i RDBMS running on Solaris® 2.9 UNIX server
• Windows® 2000, XP, NT clients, IE 5.5 Browser compatible

Client

NSW Roads and Traffic Authority

Project description

The Digital Camera Management System (DCMS) is a system designed to manage and monitor large networks of digital cameras used for traffic enforcement. DCMS manages digital cameras sourced from a number of independent vendors by converting proprietary file types  into a common adjudication format suitable to the NSW Infringement Processing Bureau (IPB) for infringement processing.

Business Benefits

• Standard interfaces to manage enforcement cameras from a single operational system
• Single point of camera management, incident adjudication, and reporting for camera enforcement incidents
• Future platform for point to point enforcement
• Independent verification and handling of evidence

Products, Services and Value Add provided to the client

• Requirements analysis, software development services, installation and commissioning, maintenance and enhancement services
• itree was able to provide an environmental monitoring and security solution for camera roadside equipment
• itree actively provided systems engineering assistance in the requirements and implementation phases
• itree has met every deadline, on budget and to requirements
• Transitways Bus Lane Enforcement and EPA Vehicle Emission monitoring was included in 2006

Technical Design

• Flexible camera interface layer allowing easy integration by multiple vendors.
• Complete Java development for the central sites processes
• Fault tolerant design encompassing management agents to manage and restart processes and a comprehensive camera monitoring  regime

Key technologies, frameworks, communications & interfaces

• ESRI Spatial files and GIS
• ORACLE® 9i RDBMS, Advanced Security Features, Solaris 2.8
• Common incident format to IPB based on XML and using SFTG
• Java central site processes, XML,  XML/RPC
• Java Swing and PowerBuilder clients

Client(s)

NSW Roads and Traffic Authority
Transport South Australia

Project description

The TruckScan™ system is the new generation of heavy vehicle enforcement stations, completed in June 2001.

The system operates in fixed mode at a number of Heavy Vehicle checking stations across NSW. Truckscan™ Mobile mode enables mobile usage through wireless technologies.

Business Benefits

The client has seen an increased level of offence rates and compliance. At some sites fatigue and avoidance incidents have been reduced by a factor of five whilst mass related incidents have halved.

• TruckScan™ allows inspectors to target vehicles of interest. Therefore, freeing up scarce resources to undertake other regulation and enforcement roles. The system is user friendly and has led to increased productivity and improved management reporting.
• Truckscan™ is also deployed in South Australia in a joint project between NSW RTA and Transport South Australia (TSA) in sharing of heavy vehicle sighting data to improve compliance across both jurisdictions.

Products, Services & Value Add provided to the client

itree was responsible for requirement analysis, design, development and user training for central site and operator interfaces including integration to the RTA’s Breach management system and the DRIVES system.

Technical Design

The system receives input from a number of field devices, such as camera systems and weigh-in-motion and static-weigh devices.

• Real time checking of criteria to online systems
• Heuristic number plate change algorithm to improve camera OCR
• Windows and wireless applications

Key technologies, frameworks, communications & interfaces

• ORACLE® 9 RDBMS & ORACLE® Designer
• ORACLE® 9i Lite, ORACLE® Mobile Server
• Java, ProC and ProC++, PL/SQL, JDBC, XML
• Solaris® 2.6 UNIX server
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• Windows® 98 wireless clients, GPS interfaces
• C++ and embedded SQL
• Weigh-in-motion, guidance sign, static-weigh bridge

Client(s)

NSW Roads and Traffic Authority
South Australia Department of Transport, Energy & Infrastructure

Project description

SAFE-T-CAM® is an initiative of the New South Wales Roads & Traffic Authority to improve safety across NSW roads.

Business Benefits

• Automated 24 x 7 monitoring of the vehicle fleet. Robust software high 99.9% uptime
• Generation of many incident types including speed & fatigue, regulatory, avoidance and vehicles of interest related incidents
• Adjudication client handles digital still images and digital video formats with pre-fetching for timely processing
• Flexible architecture suitable for sharing sighting information across state jurisdictions
• Close integration with TruckScan™ to provide inspectors easy access to vehicle sightings and images across connected states
• Ability to remotely manage geographically disperse camera systems with minimal staff
• Designed for high volume and performance, scalable to handle light vehicle volumes

Products, Services and Value Add provided to the client

• itree is the final escalation point for any fault in the entire remote and central systems, with responsibility for analysing intractable faults whether they are caused by the application, operating system, network or hardware.
• itree continues to support and provide on going enhancements in addition to increased integration with other client business applications

Technical Design

• Advanced queuing architecture for robust transaction management
• Modular design with simple, reliable processing through queues
• Relational data model, 2-tier architeure

Key technologies, frameworks, communications & interfaces

• Solaris® 2.6 UNIX server
• ORACLE® 9i RDBMS
• Java, C++ and Embedded SQL, PL/SQL, HTML, XML
• Windows® 2000, XP, NT clients
• PowerBuilder® 9
• CSIRO Digital cameras
• Siemens PLC, ISDN, OCR

Client

NSW Roads and Traffic Authority

Project Description

The Heavy Vehicle Inspection System (HVIS) is an electronic vehicle inspection and Defect Notice issuing system for heavy vehicles developed for the Heavy Vehicle Reform and Compliance branch of the RTA to replace the existing paper-based systems. The system issues Inspection Reports and Defect Notices.

A Windows based user interface is provided for viewing inspection bookings, retrieving current vehicle information from DRIVES, printing Inspection Reports and Defect Notices, searching and viewing issued Inspection Reports and Defect Notices, and displaying inspection statistics.

The HVIS system interfaces to the RTA DRIVES system to upload Defect Notices to prevent vehicle registration.

Business Benefits

• Faster and easier inspection of vehicles in the field
• More accurate inspection information
• Electronic archiving of inspections and notices
• Accurate issued inspection statistics and reporting
• Scalable component-based architecture that is capable of growing with future client needs

Products, Services and Value Add provided to the client

• Requirements analysis, software development services, installation and commissioning, user manuals, training support, maintenance and enhancement services.
• itree has met every deadline, on budget and to requirements.

Technical Design

• Client/server architecture.
• Intuitive user interface to minimise training and cater for a broad base of users with varying levels of computer literacy.
• Online vehicle data is retrieved from DRIVES for more accurate notice information.

Key technologies, frameworks, communications & interfaces

• PowerBuilder (user intefaces)
• Crystal Reports (notices)
• Java (server), JDBC, XML
• ORACLE® 9i RDBMS (database)
• Solaris 2.8 (server OS)

Client

NSW Roads and Traffic Authority

Project description

A data warehouse application that collates all heavy vehicle incidents from ten data sources and fifteen data extracts to produce a rating of vehicle, operators and group of operators to identify repeat offenders and patterns in offence rates and compliance.

Business Benefits

As a result of a close working relationship between itree and RTA the Heavy Vehicle Rating system provides the following business benefits:

• Identification of operators or groups of operators who should be audited
• Provides a concise and accurate operator history for compliance and enforcement personnel during investigations and audits
• Provides a risk score for vehicles and operators for on-road targeted enforcement operations using automated screening systems developed by itree
• Provides input to the decision on the appropriate action to take against repeat offenders through an offence management business process (encompassing an compliance pyramid of escalating sanctions) 
• Provides a vehicle and operator risk score to prioritise high volume system generated incidents from Camera enforcements systems and non-compliance reports (NCR) from the national GPS-based Intelligent Access Programme.

Products, Services & Value Add provided to the client

• Requirements analysis, software development services, installation & commissioning, maintenance and enhancement services
• Significant work was required to purify and cleanse the data from external systems. itree implemented a process to track and work through the data issues with suppliers

Technical Design

itree has provided a high performance data mart solution to handle the growing volumes of weekly data.

Key technologies, frameworks, communications & interfaces

• ORACLE® 9i RDBMS & PL/SQL
• ORACLE® Warehouse Builder
• Perl, PowerBuilder, Windows® 2000 & Solaris 2.6