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.
Austria-headquartered Swarco will have a very high visibility at the ITS World Congress in Vienna. The company’s exhibition stand will focus on its integrated solutions capabilities in urban and interurban traffic management, parking and e-mobility and public transport. Swarco’s Omnia all-in-one solution for intelligent traffic management will be on display as will be the company’s solution for energy-efficient intelligent street lighting.
In the camera world, HD imaging is increasingly becoming an established technology and this trend is now also continued in traffic monitoring and detection, as more and more traffic agencies are choosing HD cameras to control and secure their urban and highway traffic. In answer to this trend, Flir Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) is unveiling here at Intertraffic an extension to its portfolio with a HD version of its Automatic Incident Detection (AID) cameras.
Iteris, specialist in traffic management solutions that measure, manage and inform, to guide better decision making, will use the ITS World Congress Detroit to highlight advanced applications for arterial and freeway performance monitoring; vehicle and bicycle detection; data analytics; systems integration; and traveller information. The company will have three kiosks, directly across from the Traffic Management Center, providing demonstrations of VantageNext, iPeMS as well as advanced traveller information
Banner Engineering, a global leader in sensing technology, will use the ITS World Congress to present a wide range of sensors to detect vehicles for various applications. For instance, the company’s Array products have been used for more than a decade for vehicle classification at toll booths. Being highlighted at the World Congress will be the company’s Mini-Array and EZ-Array measuring light curtains that can sense the profile of any class of vehicle.