As part of the international European project EasyWay (Phase 2), the Budapest Mobility Centre has installed cameras at the M1/M7 motorway entry points, which is the busiest road section in the city, bringing traffic from the direction of Vienna/Western Hungary. A second batch of cameras was also installed at the bridges over the river Danube. These cameras are connected to an intelligent system, which can recognise licence plate numbers and calculate the actual journey times between the two points.

A complex automated algorithm analyses and consolidates the measured values and, based on these, it informs car drivers through electronic boards about the suggested bridges to cross the Danube. The whole system works in real-time. If it detects extreme values it sends warning messages to the Traffic Management Department of the Budapest Mobility Centre. The system is designed to be able to provide a number of further traffic data: lane occupancy, overall road capacity and customised warnings.

Source: Eltis.org