Bollards and plates that pop up
at interchanges (Prime, Tuesday, 15 Feb
2011)
A high-tech security system designed to stop car bomb
attacks is tested at SMRT Corp’s Woodlands bus
interchange.
The system makes use of heavy duty metal bollards and spiked plates
that pop up instantaneously form beneath the tarmac upon detection
of an unauthorised vehicle.
It has been in place at the facility since last May.
The Public Transport Security Committee (PTSC) told The Straits
Times that automated system was more effective and less costly than
manual barrier methods.
The committee partnered SecurEdge, an ST Kinetics company, to
design, develop and test the “innovative” security system “that
automatically detect and be deployed against” vehicles carrying
explosives.
The system; which has been in the works since 2008, integrates
automated control systems linking to an array of sensors to
bollards.
The PTSC said it is still reviewing the feasibility of implementing
the system at other bus interchanges.
If approved, the most likely places would be the integrated
transport hubs that house interchanges for buses and trains.
Examples include those in Toa Payoh, Ang Mo Kio, Sengkang,
Clementi, Serangoon and Boon Lay.
Similar systems have, however, been employed in other countries,
especially in sensitive installations such as embassies, nuclear
power plants and defence and law-enforcements
facilities.
Each Interchange layout is different, So not all bus
interchanges are suitable for this trial.
Sengkang interchange layout is almost similar to boon lay, And I
can't imagine if boon lay undergoes trials like this.
Can give GL1 a try, or those 'quiet' terminals.
