Big data keeps these entrepreneurs up at night, but in a good way. Self-described “transit data nerds”, the guys at Transit Labs are working to help build smarter cities through intelligent transportation services.
September 10, 2014
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Big data keeps these entrepreneurs up at night, but in a good way. Self-described “transit data nerds”, the guys at 7868 Transit Labs are working to help build smarter cities through intelligent transportation services. The company’s data analytics solution pulls data from various transportation agencies, analyses the information and makes it accessible through a web-based visualisation dashboard. The goal, according to CEO Dag Gogue, is to optimise the cost of delivering transit services safer and in a more convenient manner for riders.
CA Traffic and Techspan Systems have combined industry expertise to present CA’s latest Traffic Warning Sign. The product uses CA’s radar technology but combines it with the well-established technical expertise of sister company Techspan Systems.
The fully compliant warning sign uses the latest driving technology and surface mount LEDs. The product is reliable and low powered, with the options of mains or battery with solar or wind powered recharging. Designed to be lightweight, easy to transport and ins
The Aimsun Online real-time decision support system for traffic management will take centre stage at the TSS-Transport Simulation Systems stand. Its dynamic, high-speed simulation of large areas allows traffic operators to accurately forecast the future network flow patterns that will result from a particular traffic management or information provision strategy.
Camera supplier Lumenera is exhibiting its camera systems at ITS America first time under its own name. Previously the company’s cameras have been exhibited alongside the traffic surveillance and enforcement products into which they are incorporated.
UK highway asset management specialist WDM is working in partnership with a British Government agency as well as the New Zealand Road Transport Agency to help reduce road deaths.
One key focus that the partners have developed in New Zealand is a skid resistance policy, with a special Sideway-force Routine Investigation Machines (SCRIM) built to evaluate road surface performance. Using the SCRIM equipment to monitor New Zealand’s state highway network has helped identify areas of poor skid resistance, allow