LTA aims to spot traffic offences, road defects using bus cameras

It invites proposals for system that includes use of Al to scan, automatically detect issues

- Esther Loi

Cameras on all 6,000 public buses here could in the future be part of a network used to detect traffic offences, after the Land Transport Authority (LTA) issued a call for proposals for such a video analytics system.

The authority is looking to detect traffic violations that include vehicles that occupy bus lanes during restricted hours, stop in yellow boxes or fail to give way to buses at bus priority boxes, or are illegally parked.

The system would have to record the offending vehicle's model, colour, type and licence plate number, according to tender documents.

Besides detecting traffic offences, LTA also wants the new system to use bus cameras to spot infrastructural defects on the roads and surrounding areas, and to improve the authority's operational response time.

LTA, which issued a call for proposals on Oct 7 via government procurement portal GeBIZ, also hopes to detect pedestrians who are crossing at undesignated crossings, and identify areas with a large number of pedestrians.

At present, video footage from bus cameras is recorded during bus service hours and must be retrieved manually from on-board recorders.

They are typically used in incident investigations and to ensure the safety of passengers.