Actibump goes live in Australia
Curtin University in Perth, Australia, has now activated two Actibump systems to welcome their students returning from summer break.
“We’re looking forward to the results,” said Graham Arndt, Director of Operations and Maintenance at Curtin University. “Curtin University will be performing research on the system. We will be looking at the behavioural change it causes.”
Two Actibump systems have been installed on a road that traverses the Curtin University campus in Perth.
“About 70 % of the vehicles on this street are speeding. There are around 2000 vehicles per day and the speed limit is 40 kph. We needed to do something about it,” said Mr. Arndt. “We chose the Actibump because it only affects drivers that are speeding and because the system is so flexible. We can set speed limit and other variables via software, which increases flexibility and the system is also programmable for other applications.”
David Eskilsson, General Manager at Edeva, the inventor of the Actibump, says: “The system collects speed data for every passing vehicle. We are looking at the results and are already seeing a decrease of the number of speeding vehicles. We recognise this trend from our Swedish installations.”
The official activation of the Actibumps at Curtin University was held during a visit from the organisation Parking Australia.
“There was a lot of interest in the system from the visitors. We’ve also see that the system is very efficient. The drivers were surprised to see the road ‘disappear in front of them’ and this encouraged them to slow down,” says Mr. Arndt.
