Road traffic management

INRIX: Downtown Travel Plummets 44% in 2020 amid COVID-19 Pandemic

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Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Transport, Road traffic management, Traffic congestion, INRIX

*New to 2020 Scorecard Ranking; **No local figures available, national substituted

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  • *New to 2020 Scorecard Ranking; **No local figures available, national substituted
    Access to reliable data is the first step in tackling congestion.
  • The 2020 Scorecard builds upon the methodology adopted two years ago by identifying multiple commute areas within cities, capturing each city's own unique mobility profile.
  • Furthermore, the 2020 Scorecard analyzes travel times, miles-traveled, trip characteristics and the impact of incidents on congestion within a city.
  • The INRIX 2020 Global Traffic Scorecard calculates time lost in congestion by employing traffic data across multiple commute sub areas within a city.

Econolite Expands Texas Operations to Include Traffic Management Cabinet Manufacturing

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Thursday, March 4, 2021
Software, Networks, Hardware, Data management, General Automotive, Technology, Automotive, Security, Trucking, Engineering, Transport, Manufacturing, Land transport, Transport, Road transport, Traffic law, Road traffic management, Street furniture, Traffic light, Houston, Traffic, Intersection, McCain, Inc.

Econolite, the leader in one-stop-shop traffic management, today announced that it is expanding its Texas operations to include traffic management cabinet manufacturing at its Houston facilities primarily through increasing its local workforce.

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  • Econolite, the leader in one-stop-shop traffic management, today announced that it is expanding its Texas operations to include traffic management cabinet manufacturing at its Houston facilities primarily through increasing its local workforce.
  • Adding traffic management cabinet manufacturing to our Houston facility is a reflection of our continued commitment to delivering world-class solutions to ongoing and prospective projects and services throughout Texas.
  • The traffic management cabinet is an essential infrastructure component of a signalized intersection that houses the intelligent traffic signal controller, sensors, and communications technologies that provide intersection and system traffic control and management.
  • Econolites Houston, TX, operations, established in 2018, support Econolites ITS Traffic management systems and field maintenance services in Harris County and throughout the state of Texas.

New Roland DGA TrafficWorks Offers a Full Solution for Shops Looking to Profit from Traffic Sign Printing

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Thursday, March 4, 2021
Land transport, Transport, Road transport, Road traffic management, Road safety, Traffic signs, Street furniture, Traffic law, Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, Traffic, Federal Highway Administration

TrafficWorks also offers traffic sign companies a cost-effective, easy-to-use solution for producing traffic signage in-house, plus all the other applications award-winning TrueVIS VG2 printer/cutters are known for.

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  • TrafficWorks also offers traffic sign companies a cost-effective, easy-to-use solution for producing traffic signage in-house, plus all the other applications award-winning TrueVIS VG2 printer/cutters are known for.
  • Roland DGA TrafficWorks is a complete, reliable "all-in-one" solution that makes both designing and printing industry-standard MUTCD, ASTM and FHWA compliant traffic signs simple, while also minimizing production costs.
  • "The Roland DGA TrafficWorks solution offers a complete, affordable alternative that not only makes producing color-compliant traffic signage easer, but also more cost-effective than ever before.
  • Roland DGA's traffic sign printing solution can be purchased now through certified and authorized Roland DGA TrafficWorks dealers throughout the U.S. At present, this solution is available to U.S customers only.

Richard Beaubien, PE, PTOE is recognized by Continental Who's Who

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Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Articles, Road traffic management, Transportation engineering, Beaubien, Engineering, Engineer, Traffic engineering, Civil engineering, Professional traffic operations engineer, Science and technology

TROY, Mich., March 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Richard Beaubien, PE, PTOE, is being recognized by Continental Who's Who as a Top Engineer for his professional excellence in civil engineering and his outstanding leadership as Managing Director at Beaubien Engineering.

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  • TROY, Mich., March 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Richard Beaubien, PE, PTOE, is being recognized by Continental Who's Who as a Top Engineer for his professional excellence in civil engineering and his outstanding leadership as Managing Director at Beaubien Engineering.
  • Highly recognized as a traffic engineering expert, Mr. Richard Beaubien has garnered 44 years of experience in municipal traffic engineering, transportation planning, highway design, traffic system operations, right-of-way acquisition, and Intelligent Transportation Systems.
  • In his current capacity, Mr. Beaubien is utilizing his extensive knowledge to offer exceptional engineering services to public and private clients at Beaubien Engineering since 2012.
  • He gained valuable knowledge from a traffic engineering course he completed with Professor Donald Cleveland at the University of Michigan.

Dahua USA Rolls out New Multi-Sensor Camera for Optimal Wide-Angle Surveillance

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Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Networks, Security, Hardware, Audio, Video, Technology, Security, Articles, Safety, Applications of computer vision, Physical security, Video surveillance, Surveillance, Dahua Technology, Road traffic management, Closed-circuit television, Lorex

This enables flexible, multi-directional video surveillance that replaces multiple single-sensor cameras and is ideal for monitoring large areas.

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  • This enables flexible, multi-directional video surveillance that replaces multiple single-sensor cameras and is ideal for monitoring large areas.
  • The camera offers FlexStream technology that displays simultaneous video from each sensor in a single channel.
  • The camera combines a true day/night mechanical IR cut filter to produce high-quality images for environments with changing lighting conditions.
  • Dahua Technology USA Inc. is a subsidiary of Dahua Technology, which is estimated to be the second largest supplier of video surveillance equipment in the world according to the Omdia 2020 Video Surveillance Analytics Market Share Database.

Asia-Pacific $67.52 Billion Two Wheeler Market, Competition, Forecast & Opportunities, 2025 - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Friday, February 26, 2021
General Automotive, Motorcycles, Automotive, Transport, Road traffic management, Road transport, Traffic congestion, Apac, Two-wheeler, Wheeler

The APAC Two-wheeler Market was valued USD 55.30 Billion in 2019 and is forecast to grow at CAGR of 8.63% to reach USD 67.52 Billion by 2025.

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  • The APAC Two-wheeler Market was valued USD 55.30 Billion in 2019 and is forecast to grow at CAGR of 8.63% to reach USD 67.52 Billion by 2025.
  • Moreover, increase in number of female riders and easy availability of bank financing are the other key factors augmenting the region's two wheelers market.
  • Growing number of passengers and commercial vehicles has increased the congestion on roads, which has a direct effect on the usage of two wheelers in APAC.
  • Travelling through highly congested areas is easier for two wheelers because of their light weight and high manoeuvrability.

All Traffic Solutions (ATS) Announces January 2021 ATS Gives Back Winners

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Friday, February 26, 2021
Land transport, Transport, Road safety, Road traffic management, Road transport, Traffic law, Intelligent transportation system, Transportation engineering, Traffic

Over the years, All Traffic Solutions found that police departments in smaller communities have a need for All Traffic Solutions signs but lack the necessary funds and do not qualify for grants.

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  • Over the years, All Traffic Solutions found that police departments in smaller communities have a need for All Traffic Solutions signs but lack the necessary funds and do not qualify for grants.
  • Each month the All Traffic Solutions team selects two police departments to receive radar feedback signs free of charge.
  • ATS Gives Back recipients also receive a subscription to TraffiCloud , All Traffic Solutions' patented traffic device and data management system.
  • All Traffic Solutions (ATS) is a leader in traffic safety and data analytics for Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) and smart parking applications.

Azuga Advances Per-Mile Charge Research in Oregon Local Road Usage Charge Pilot

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Thursday, February 25, 2021
Transport, Road traffic management, Land transport, Transport economics, Electronic toll collection, Transportation planning, Pricing, Congestion pricing, Traffic congestion, RUC, ODOT, Azuga

FREEMONT, Calif., Feb. 25, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Azuga , the leading global provider of connected vehicle and fleet technologies, announced that it has been selected by the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) as the Account Management provider for its local-level road usage pricing research project, the OReGO Local Road Usage Charge (RUC) Pilot.

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  • FREEMONT, Calif., Feb. 25, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Azuga , the leading global provider of connected vehicle and fleet technologies, announced that it has been selected by the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) as the Account Management provider for its local-level road usage pricing research project, the OReGO Local Road Usage Charge (RUC) Pilot.
  • With Azugas technology and expertise, ODOT aims to evaluate whether road usage charging models can be effective solutions for congestion pricing.
  • The OReGO Local RUC Pilot is the newest of several innovative road usage charge projects to launch in Oregon and begins nearly six years after the start of the states inaugural road usage charging program, OReGO .
  • For governments seeking more information about Azuga Insight, Azugas road usage charging product, visit Azuga.com/insight/government .

Advan Research announces CMBS (Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities) foot traffic data

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Thursday, February 25, 2021
Land transport, Transport, Road traffic management, Road transport, Commercial mortgage-backed security, Traffic

NEW YORK, Feb. 25, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Advan Research Corporation, the leading geolocation data provider and analytics platform servicing the financial industry, announced the launch of a CMBS foot traffic counts product.

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  • NEW YORK, Feb. 25, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Advan Research Corporation, the leading geolocation data provider and analytics platform servicing the financial industry, announced the launch of a CMBS foot traffic counts product.
  • The traffic data are a clear leading indicator of CMBS spreads, which were provided by Solve Advisors for testing.
  • The correlation between foot traffic and revenue is higher than 0.95 on a year over year basis for several companies.
  • Advan also computes 20 years of weather data across all its covered locations along with 6 years of traffic data on commercial trucks.

BODYGUARD - BanaLogic's affordable Vehicle Damage Detection Systems with LED lighting and license plate recognition

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Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Artificial intelligence, Applications of computer vision, Automatic identification and data capture, Automatic number-plate recognition, Electronic toll collection, Optical character recognition, Road traffic management, Lighting, Law enforcement

TORONTO, Feb. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- BanaLogic, automotive inspection specialists, has released a new vehicle intake and damage detection system called BODYGUARD.

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  • TORONTO, Feb. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- BanaLogic, automotive inspection specialists, has released a new vehicle intake and damage detection system called BODYGUARD.
  • Our customers were asking for a solution to document and augment their vehicle intake and return process that did more than just capture images.
  • Both packages come with automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) with the BRITE package adding automatic high intensity LED lighting to increase image clarity.
  • BODYGUARD systems are designed to be modular and easily field upgradable to enhance and protect investment in the technology.