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Hawaii Traffic data collection award for IRD

International Road Dynamics (IRD) has been awarded a contract, valued at over US$1.4 million, by the Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) to provide Enhanced Vehicle Classification (EVC) data collection.
February 1, 2012 Read time: 1 min

69 International Road Dynamics (IRD) has been awarded a contract, valued at over US$1.4 million, by the 508 Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) to provide Enhanced Vehicle Classification (EVC) data collection. The contract supports HDOT’s continuous traffic monitoring programme and includes the delivery, installation, and maintenance of 35 permanent EVC sites on five of the eight major Hawaiian Islands (Hawaii, Kauai, Maui, Lanai and Oahu).

Under the contract IRD will provide a web-based real time traffic information ASP (Application Service Provider) service to HDOT whereby IRD will collect and host the data and provide the HDOT proprietary and secure access to the information over the Internet.  IRD’s standard FHWA Traffic Monitoring Guide (TMG) and custom report generation capabilities are provided as a key component of the Company’s ASP model.

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