Safer children at New Zealand traffic lights
LED footpath lights have been installed at a community traffic school in Dunedin, New Zealand, demonstrating the traffic light safety technology to children, their parents and carers. The new lights are Vivacity LED Safety Tactiles that change colour with the traffic lights. The installation of…
Is your surface genuine OmniGrip?
OmniGrip Direct will now advise Councils, asset managers and developers whether their contractors have purchased genuine OmniGrip Direct materials to use on their projects. When a Council, asset manager or developer’s architect or designer specifies one of OmniGrip Direct‘s products on its project, it’s because…
Road Safety Professionals Dazzled with Innovation
In May 2021, SmarterLite Group’s Chief Technology Officer Zoran Ovuka, was one of only four invited speakers on the topic of innovation in road safety at Roads Australia’s Spotlight on Safety forum in Brisbane, Queensland. With presentations by Neil Scales OBE, Director General, Department of…
Fix Blackspots in Federal Government ‘use it or lose it’ road funding
Victoria’s first allocation from the Federal Government’s $2 billion national road safety fund is set to run out in June 2021 in a ‘use it or lose it’ funding model. The funding – offered in three tranches over 18 months – puts a premium on…
Guide to reducing road crashes and injuries with HFST
There’s something missing from the toolbox of road managers and road safety practitioners in Australia. A quick and easily applied solution that will keep all types of vehicles on the road, reducing crashes, injuries and deaths in high risk and Black Spot locations. It’s widely…
Designing Traffic Lights & Crossings for People with LED TGSI
The Vivacity LED Safety Tactile fundamentally rethinks how visual information is provided to pedestrians at traffic signals and pedestrian crossings for roads, tramlines and train tracks. It is a Tactile Ground Surface Indictor (TGSI) that incorporates LED lights that can be connected to traffic lights….
Road Safety Innovations
In August 2020, Safety Path, Vivacity and OmniGrip Direct were invited by the Municipal Works Operations Association (MWOA) to present on road safety innovations. The MWOA is a not-for-profit member-based association that was established to serve professionals involved in all aspects of municipal works. OmniGrip…
Road Safety Innovation Fund Grant for Safety Path
Road signs and road line marking that are easier to see in the dark, will be an outcome of an Australian Government grant to innovative Victorian company SmarterLite. SmarterLite’s Safety Path Division was one of only four companies to receive an innovation grant from Round…
5 Shovel-Ready Projects for Stimulus Packages
Post COVID-19 economic stimulus will come from local, state and the Australian Governments and major businesses spending to accelerate the delivery of maintenance and projects. Compared to complex mega-projects, shovel-ready small and medium size projects delivered across a large area will ensure that projects are…
Strong Support for LED Safety Tactiles
There’s strong community support for SmarterLite’s Vivacity LED Safety Tactiles. The Tactiles were installed on Swanston Street in Melbourne, with funding from Victoria’s Transport Accident Commission (TAC). The project was managed by VicRoads (now Department of Transport) on their behalf. In addition to a survey…