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Grants can play an essential role in helping you get funding for your ITS projects.  From increasing safety to reducing traffic, these projects require funding to improve the quality of life in your community. Sorting through all of the...
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Automated traffic signal performance measures (ATSPM) are taking traffic engineering into a new era. The capabilities of both hardware and software solutions have caught up with the needs of a modern agency and are enabling an objective and performance-based...
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About 40% of traffic accidents across the country happen at intersections. ITS equipment especially integrated, smart systems—make intersections safer for drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians, but even the best systems need backup power. In two of our recent webinars, Keep...
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From side streets to large intersections, a variety of safety and monitoring concerns happen on the road every day. Placing detection sensors throughout your traffic system is a great start to gaining insight on your traffic behavior, but not...
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Bicycle traffic is on the rise across the U.S, and especially along the west coast. Nationwide, the sale of bicycles was up 50% YoY in March, and businesses across the country are actually experiencing a shortage of bicycles. The...
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Connected devices are nothing new in the twenty-first century. With the Internet of Things (IoT) on the rise, we are familiar with voice assistants, security systems, thermostats, even toasters communicating with us wirelessly. It should then come as no...
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What It Is and How It’s Revolutionizing Backup Power for Traffic Signals A dark intersection is every agency’s nightmare. Even as you think about it, you can probably picture one or two intersections that would create serious traffic problems...
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Think of peer-to-peer like a social media network. A user on a social media platform follows another user in order to receive their posts within their feed in real-time. In a similar manner, a controller within a peer-to-peer network...
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Freezing temperatures, sweltering heat, high humidity, strong winds, monsoon rain—these you can expect to happen. When it does, what you shouldn’t expect is a drop in traffic data communication. You need your equipment to be as tough as your...
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No one likes a delay in their commute. We live our lives down to the very minute and expect traffic to be as reliable as a cup of coffee. So when traffic crawls through every intersection or grinds to...
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6,590. That’s how many pedestrians in 2019 were killed in traffic accidents, as captured in the most recent GHSA study. That’s an average of 18 people each day becoming a victim to what should have been a preventable tragedy....
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Video management systems today go beyond video surveillance by providing insight into traffic patterns, security data and camera performance. If your video management system only provides the basics, your team is missing out on opportunities to collect significant data...
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Fiber optic cables may be the gold standard in traffic communication, but it’s often not a realistic solution. Installing fiber optic cables means digging up the streets and slowing down traffic with detours and delays in high-travel areas. And...
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