Calonge City Council targets urban traffic control in the cloud with bcSistemas

The IT Professional Services Integrator, bcSystems, has supplied to the town of Calonge (Girona) the new version 'cloud’ of your Argos system, a modular solution for traffic control in municipal environments that responds to different traffic control casuistries, such as access to pedestrian areas, restricted traffic areas or red lights.

The Girona municipality of Calonge has reaffirmed its commitment to energy efficiency by deciding to implement the bcSystems for Argos traffic management, in its new version 'in the cloud'. The new version 'cloud'’ of the system developed by bcSistemas aims to help municipalities and municipalities to deepen their sustainability and increase their competitiveness by avoiding expensive infrastructures to deploy the necessary cameras, eliminate application servers and their power consumption, helping to reduce CO2 emissions by significantly improving traffic flow, improving the quality of life of its neighbors.

The City Council of Calonge has begun to implement, thanks to its extensive multi-service municipal IP network, the Argos application for traffic management in restricted areas. The comprehensive Argos system for municipal traffic control 'in the cloud'’ allows you to cover different scenarios using fixed cameras, Mobile or embarked on vehicles of the Municipal Police. The interconnection of the cameras can be done through 3G solutions, greatly facilitating their implementation anywhere in the municipality and allowing their mobility at different times of the year, allowing a greater return on municipal investments..

Effective traffic control system

Con Argos ‘in the cloud’ The possibilities of implementing this traffic management system in "special areas" are opened to any size of municipality, obviating investments and expenses of servers and being able to quickly obtain the important performance that these systems offer. Santi Solà Peracaula, Head of IT Area, Communications and Territorial Management in the City Council of Calonge, has targeted: "Once again, bcSistemas ha respondido con rotundidad y eficacia al reto de lograr el máximo ahorro y eficiencia sin renunciar a la mejora en la atención y seguridad de los ciudadanos mediante la tecnología más avanzada y totalmente probada”.

While, the Chief of Police of the City Council of Calonge, Carles Roselló, has declared: “Estudiamos diferentes aplicaciones para cubrir nuestras necesidades en este ámbito del control y vigilancia del tráfico en “zonas especiales” de nuestros dos núcleos de población y después de visitar Ayuntamiento que llevaban años de experiencia, we decided to implement Argos in our network. The performance is being highly satisfactory".

For its part, Jose Antonio Illarregui, CEO of bcSistemas, has pointed out: "Efficiency in municipal systems is the biggest concern of the IT departments of City Councils and Provincial Councils. These bodies demand autonomous solutions, Easily manageable and reasonably priced to respond successfully to any situation. With Argos on the cloud we have taken a giant step in this goal. Our solutions should never be considered an expense, but an investment. Today more than ever, Aware of the economic difficulties of the municipalities, We designed thinking that the solution must work and be maintained in a stable and profitable way for years".

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