SMART Junction
Intelligent City Infrastructure
One Camera. One Junction. Complete Intelligence.
Smart Junctions from NOW Wireless transform traditional signal-controlled intersections into fully adaptive, data-rich assets. By deploying AI cameras directly onto traffic lights, we provide real-time awareness of vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists — feeding live intelligence straight into the traffic signal controller and city management platforms. No road cutting. No excavation. No disruption.
Intelligent Junction Control
AI-powered detection replaces ageing in-ground loops with a camera-based system that feeds directly into your existing signal controller. Adaptive, accurate, and installed in minutes — not weeks.
- Stop-line and approach detection
- Vehicle classification by type and size
- Pedestrian and cycle detection
- Adaptive signal input to existing UTC / MOVA
- Bus priority triggering
- Digital twin of the junction
Replace Old Loops with Smart City Components
Failed inductive loops mean expensive road closures and traffic delays. Smart Junctions let you replace individual loops — or create entirely new ones — from your desk, with no excavation required.
- Replace individual failed loops instantly
- Create new virtual loops locally or remotely
- Real-time turn counts at every arm
- Queue detection and measurement
- Predictive loops and advanced queue (AQ) loops
- DVLA integration for vehicle identification
Feature Modules
Each Smart Junction can be configured with any combination — activate what you need now, add more later
Count & Classify
- Vehicle & mode classification
- Real-time turn movements
- No road cutting required
- Direct feed to UTC / MOVA
- Policy-ready data output
Loop Replacement
- Replace failed loops instantly
- Create virtual loops remotely
- No excavation works
- Instant zone reconfiguration
- Add predictive detection
Pedestrian Detection
- Detect real crossing demand
- Extend green phase safely
- Pedestrian count per area
- Reduce vehicle delay
- Support active travel policy
Camera Viewing
- Live HD video streams
- Detection overlay view
- Remote validation
- PTZ option available
- Incident clip storage
Queue Detection
- Live queue length measurement
- Adaptive green control
- Congestion alerts
- Trigger diversion plans
- Air quality linked
ANPR & DVLA
- Vehicle identification
- DVLA class verification
- Support enforcement schemes
- Clean Air Zone integration
- Ghost plate detection
Active Travel
- Real-time pedestrian counts
- Cycle counts and tracking
- Monitor travel hubs
Journey Time
- Corridor journey times
- Origin-destination data
- Public information ready
Desire Lines
- Track vehicle & cycle paths
- Identify pedestrian crossings
- Detect turning behaviour
Cycle Detection
- Dedicated cycle zones
- Separate phase trigger
- Safer junction flow
Video
- Streams from all cameras
- PTZ cameras supported
- Incident storage option
- Turn analysis streams
- ANPR & ghost plate overlays
More Coming
New modules added regularly. Tell us what your junctions need.
How It Works
From installation to intelligence in four steps
Mount
AI cameras clip directly onto the traffic signal head — no road cuts, no trenching, no lane closures.
Detect
On-board AI classifies vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists in real time at every approach and stop line.
Connect
Detection data feeds directly into the signal controller (UTC / MOVA) and up to the city platform via 5G.
Optimise
Live intelligence drives adaptive signal timing, queue management, green waves and evidence-based policy.
Smart Junction Clusters
Connect multiple junctions into intelligent corridors with shared real-time data
From Single Junctions to Smart Corridors
When Smart Junctions share data across a corridor, you move beyond isolated intersections into coordinated traffic management. Real-time data flows between junctions to enable green waves, journey time monitoring, and origin-destination analytics.
- Real-time data sharing within cluster
- Corridor journey time monitoring
- Origin-destination insights
- Journey time and corridor analytics
- Active travel monitoring across the corridor
- Enable green waves across connected signals
- Corridor-level optimisation
Future-Proof Connectivity
Smart Junctions connect via high-speed 5G, delivering low-latency data from junction to cloud and back. The network is designed to scale across an entire city and support the future requirements of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles.
- High-speed 5G connectivity
- Low latency response for real-time control
- Cloud integration for city-wide platforms
- Scalable city-wide network
- Future CAV support
Smart Junctions vs. Traditional Loops
A side-by-side comparison of legacy detection and Smart Junction AI camera detection
| Capability | Traditional Loops | Smart Junction |
|---|---|---|
| Vehicle detection | Basic presence only | ✓ Classified by type & size |
| Pedestrian detection | Push-button only | ✓ Real demand detection & counting |
| Cycle detection | Unreliable / none | ✓ Dedicated zones & phase trigger |
| Turn counts | Requires separate survey | ✓ Real-time, every arm |
| Queue measurement | Not available | ✓ Live queue length & alerts |
| ANPR | Separate system required | ✓ Integrated with DVLA lookup |
| Journey time | Separate system required | ✓ Corridor-level monitoring |
| Video | Separate CCTV system | ✓ HD streams, PTZ, incident storage |
| Installation | Road closure, excavation | ✓ Clip-on, no road cuts |
| Remote reconfiguration | Not possible | ✓ Instant from desktop |
| Active travel data | Manual surveys | ✓ Continuous ped & cycle counts |
| Corridor clustering | Not available | ✓ Real-time data sharing & green waves |
Make every junction count
Whether you're replacing failed loops, improving pedestrian safety, or building a city-wide intelligent traffic network — Smart Junctions give you the data and control to make it happen.
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