Weber Michael

Weber Michael

Michael Weber, the CEO of Kapsch TrafficCom LLC, was born in 1971 in Austria. In 1997 he graduated from the Austrian Economic University in Vienna with the master's degree. From 1986 to 1997 Mr. Weber entered into national team of Austria on fencing.

On the termination of the university Michael worked in the American and British companies of an oil sector, then continued the career in quality of the trader who is responsible for the European market in the field of electricity, certificates of renewable energy and CO2 at first in Austrian, then in Swiss the companies. In 2007 Mr. Weber joined the Kapsch group command, having headed sales of the systems of road telematics and collection of a fare in Central and Eastern Europe: Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Kazakhstan and Bulgaria.

Since 2008 Michael Weber is the CEO of Kapsch TrafficCom LLC and the board member of Telematic Technolgies in Bulgaria. The Kapsch group company pays special attention to Russia. Recently Kapsch TrafficCom LLC under the leadership of Mr. Weber won the tender in Kazan for the equipment of road intersections completely automatic applications on identification of journey on an inhibit signal of the traffic light, to control of lane of the movement and the high-speed mode.

Mr. Weber knows German also English.

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Today in Russia the set of the roads equipped with the intelligent transport systems (ITS) is constructed. What solutions on your opinion best of all are suitable for the Russian market?

Undoubtedly, such solutions which will allow to increase traffic safety are necessary. Russia is notorious for the high level of road accident. In the Czech Republic the traffic police highly appreciated our intelligent solution – a transport information system which contributes significantly to security of traffic on the Czech highways with very dense traffic. The solution includes information displays with variable information which are set along the highway and in a constant duty inform drivers on the current situation on roads. This solution serves for collecting of road data and also manages the electronic system of collection of a fare delivered by us which is started and is successfully operated in the Czech Republic since January 1, 2007. Data on a situation on roads come to the Czech national center of traffic and information where these data are analyzed, and result then goes to drivers on roads – or through information signs and a board, or using mobile phones, radio receivers and navigation systems. Russia could implement and use successfully the similar solution, especially in the light of holding so significant sports events: The Kazan Universiade in 2013, the Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014 and recent news about holding the FIFA World Cup in 2018 in Russia. These events will attract millions of the viewers to the country that considerably will increase load of road infrastructure.

Of course, it is possible to lower this loading also acceptance of legislative measures or to be engaged in increase in driver's preparation, but it will not result in desirable result. Experience of many countries shows that it is much more correct to combine intelligent transport systems with measures for improvement of driver's preparation and toughening of road rules that will allow to discipline those drivers who got used to violate rules and to threaten lives of other participants of traffic.