EANS-News: Kapsch TrafficCom AG / Kapsch TrafficCom IVHS Wins Washburn Tunnel Incident Detection System Project in Houston, Texas

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Subtitle: Award signifies Kapsch’s first Incident Detection System
deployment in the U.S.

Wien (euro adhoc) - Vienna/McLean, VA, August 30, 2012 - Kapsch
TrafficCom AG (ISIN AT000KAPSCH9), listed on the Vienna Stock
Exchange in the prime market segment, informs that its subsidiary
Kapsch TrafficCom IVHS has been selected by the Texas Department of
Transportation (TxDOT) to execute and deliver an integrated Incident
Detection System (IDS) for the Washburn Tunnel in Houston, Texas. The
project scope for Kapsch encompasses the installation, commissioning,
training and maintenance required to support 14 fixed roadway cameras
for bidirectional traffic in the vehicular tunnel and up to 6
infrared detection cameras in the ventilation tunnel. Launched in
March 2012, the award-winning Kapsch IDS 2.0 delivers a non-invasive
turnkey solution for zone-less event detection for vehicle traffic
and intrusion detection in ventilation tunnels, enabling Washburn
tunnel operators to provide 24/7 surveillance while minimizing
operational expenses otherwise necessary to continuously monitor
traffic.

"Incident detection in tunnels and on the open road is critical to
maintaining traffic flow and keeping drivers safe," said Chris
Murray, President and CEO, Kapsch TrafficCom IVHS. "This award is
significant for Kapsch as it enables us to gain entry to the IDS
market in the U.S. and deliver the same high-performing IDS solutions
found in 37 references worldwide. We look forward to working with
TxDOT on this important project while continuing to expand our strong
customer base in Texas."

"We look forward to working with Kapsch TrafficCom on the first
tunnel IDS installation in the state of Texas and providing our
drivers with an even safer and reliable passage under the Houston
Ship Channel," said Craig Spivey, Special Projects Technician, Harris
County Engineering.

"This award is further evidence that we arrived in the world of
intelligent transportation systems (ITS) in which we will, in line
with our strategy, increasingly provide applications even beyond
electronic toll collection (ETC). At the same time, it is the second
award within short time in Texas, one of the fastest growing U.S.
states in terms of population, which will require, among other
things, to address the need of maintaining and building
infrastructure", says Georg Kapsch, CEO of Kapsch TrafficCom Group.

Kapsch Incident Detection System (IDS) 2.0 The Kapsch IDS 2.0
delivers an innovation-driven solution for processing video stream
from existing cameras which are relevant for automatic incident
detection, traffic data gathering, and movement detection. The
following event detections and functionality are included with the
system and based on video analysis of the vehicular tunnel: automatic
camera calibration, wrong direction detection, slow vehicle, stopped
vehicle, traffic jam, lost cargo, pedestrian on road, smoke, movement
in non-traffic area, speed measurement, classification (2 classes),
vehicle counting, distance measurement and statistical data. For the
ventilation tunnel, intrusion detection is offered and can identify
all living persons and animals five pounds and greater.

Washburn Tunnel Completed in 1950, the Washburn Tunnel is the South's
largest and first toll-free vehicular tunnel connecting Galena Park
and Pasadena, two suburbs of Harris County in Houston, Texas. The
two-lane tunnel spans 3,791 ft. and travels north-south underneath
the Houston Ship Channel. The Washburn Tunnel is the only underwater
vehicle tunnel in operation in Texas. www.hcp2.com.

Texas Department of Transportation The Texas Department of
Transportation (TxDOT) is responsible for maintaining 80,000 miles of
road and for supporting aviation, rail, and public transportation
across the state. TxDOT and its 11,000 employees are committed to
working with others to provide safe and reliable transportation
solutions for Texas by maintaining a safe system, addressing
congestion, connecting Texas communities, and being a Best in Class
state agency. www.txdot.gov.

Kapsch TrafficCom is a provider of high-performance intelligent
transportation systems (ITS) in the application fields of toll
collection, urban access management and traffic safety and security.
Kapsch TrafficCom covers the entire value creation chain of its
customers as a one-stop shop by providing products and components as
well as subsystems as open market products, by integrating them into
turnkey systems or by developing end-to-end solutions, including
services for the technical and commercial operations of systems.
Within its current core business of electronic toll collection (ETC),
Kapsch TrafficCom designs, builds and operates ETC systems, in
particular for multi-lane free-flow traffic. With 280 references in
41 countries on all 5 continents and with almost 70 million on-board
units delivered and about 18,000 lanes equipped, Kapsch TrafficCom
has positioned itself among the internationally recognized suppliers
of electronic toll collection worldwide. Kapsch TrafficCom is
headquartered in Vienna, Austria, and has subsidiaries and
representative offices in 30 countries. In North America the company
operates offices in Ontario, California, Maryland, Pennsylvania,
Virginia and Mexico. For additional information, please visit
www.kapschtraffic.com.

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Further inquiry note:
Marcus Handl
Investor Relations Officer
Kapsch TrafficCom AG
Am Europlatz 2, 1120 Vienna, Austria
Phone +43 50 811 1120
Email ir.kapschtraffic@kapsch.net

Press contact:
Katharina Riedl
Spokesperson
Kapsch AG
Am Europlatz 2, 1120 Vienna, Austria
Phone +43 50 811 1705
Email katharina.riedl@kapsch.net

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