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SINGAPORE – The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) will soon conduct a test to test whether parking violations can be detected in real time using vehicle-mounted cameras.
A URA spokesperson said Thursday (March 18) that the goal of the trial is to study the feasibility of using video analytics on a moving vehicle to identify and classify various types of parking violations.
Such infractions include parking on double yellow lines, against the flow of traffic, in lanes with a single continuous white line through a two-way highway, and outside the boundaries of a lot.
Expected to work in all weather and lighting conditions, the technology should also pick up heavy vehicles parked in car lots.
If the tests are successful, the manpower deployed to catch violators may be reduced in the future, as a single person will be able to drive the vehicle during enforcement operations. Currently, these crimes are physically verified.
Three components will be part of the law enforcement vehicle: a video camera, a license plate recognition program, and an artificial intelligence engine that processes video images and determines whether a vehicle has been illegally parked, in addition to classifying the crime.
The six-month trial, which will cover at least 15 roadside parking lots in areas like Tanjong Pagar and Little India, will begin in the second half of this year.
The tests will be held from Monday to Friday between 8.30 am and 6 pm and between 7.30 pm and 10.30 pm.
The Straits Times understands that the enforcement action will not be part of the trial.
In 2018, URA, the Land Transportation Authority, and the Housing Board designated Certis as a common provider to carry out law enforcement against parking violations on public roads and agency-managed parking lots that are not equipped with electronic parking systems.
Statistics released in a joint statement by the URA and HDB in 2019 showed that an average of approximately 260,800 notices were issued each year for illegal parking from 2016 to 2018.
The fines for illegal parking were raised to $ 35, $ 70 and $ 100 for motorcycles, cars and heavy vehicles respectively on July 1, 2019. Previously they were $ 25, $ 50 and $ 80 respectively.
URA published on Monday (March 15) a tender for contractors to conduct the test, and submissions are open until 4 p.m. on May 11.
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