Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) has been awarded the contract to design, build and maintain Abu Dhabi's first multimodal Intelligent Transportation Central Platform (ITCP) over three and a half years till 2027.
The contract was awarded to ST Engineering’s urban solutions subsidiary as part of a consortium.
As the consortium lead, ST Engineering Urban Solutions will design and build the ITCP. It will also be responsible for the system integration and overall project management. Its consortium partner Injazat Data Systems LLC (Injazat) will provide the IT and security infrastructure and system interfaces.
Injazat is the UAE's homegrown technology champion in digital transformation.
The ITCP will bring together various subsystems and data sources into a centralised platform. This is said to enable the Abu Dhabi Integrated Transport Centre (Abu Dhabi ITC) to implement effective multimodal transport strategies through automated response plans.
The ITCP will leverage artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to enable real-time road traffic monitoring and incident detection, automated traffic information dissemination, as well as traffic congestion prediction capabilities, enabling shortened incident response time and improved traffic flow.
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Beginning with road transport management, the ITCP is designed to connect to other transport modes including rail networks and others over time.
“The Intelligent Transportation Central Platform is poised to improve road travel in Abu Dhabi, enable citywide transport network visibility and management for the transport authorities as well as efficient and seamless commuter travel. Securing this project reflects the industry’s confidence in our advanced transportation network management capabilities. The ITCP will be the cornerstone of Abu Dhabi’s world-class sustainable transport system vision, and we look forward to partnering the Abu Dhabi ITC to support its success,” says Chew Men Leong, president of Urban Solutions at ST Engineering.
As at 12pm, shares in ST Engineering are trading 7 cents lower or 1.8% down at $3.81.
