Infra-red cameras to tackle congestion in Leeds

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Trials of technology to enforce use of a high occupancy vehicle route into Leeds will start next month. Leeds City Council has agreed to trials of the latest version of technology which will automatically count the number of people travelling in cars on a high occupancy vehicle lane into the city centre. Cars travelling on the Leeds high occupancy vehicle lane, the first of its type in the UK, are permitted two or more occupants. A spokesperson for Leeds City Council told GC News that the scheme, on a 1.5km stretch of the A647, has resulted in a 13 minute drop in journey times.

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