Safety in automated transportation tunnels

Author

Salam, Ahmed O Abdul

Author_Institution

Roads & Transp. Authority, Dubai

fYear

2007

fDate

27-29 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper explores the main safety features in Dubai International Airport (DIA) tunnel. The safety levels have been enhanced because of using centrally controlled electromechanical systems and ITS (Intelligent Transportation System) components and all operated by SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) technology. Redundancy of critical devices is ensured to maintain continuous back alternatives in case of systems defects or partial failures. The overall safety aspects whether related to motorists or workers in the tunnel are accordingly improved due to use this sophisticated industrial hierarchy system and carefully designed structure.

Keywords

SCADA systems; automated highways; control engineering computing; road safety; tunnels; Dubai International Airport tunnel; SCADA technology; automated transportation tunnels safety; centrally controlled electromechanical systems; industrial hierarchy system; intelligent transportation system; safety levels; supervisory control and data acquisition technology; Air safety; Air traffic control; Airports; Centralized control; Costs; Fires; Intelligent transportation systems; Road safety; Road transportation; SCADA systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control & Automation, 2007. MED '07. Mediterranean Conference on

Conference_Location

Athens

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1281-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1282-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MED.2007.4433904

Filename

4433904