Navigating Traffic Speed Studies
Journey with us as we take you through the intricacies of speed measurement, shedding light on the challenges we’ve overcome and the innovative solutions we’ve developed.
Miovision welcomes MicroTraffic to help make streets safer
MicroTraffic, a leading provider of road safety video analytics, is now part of Miovision. MicroTraffic’s staff of 21, including co-founders Craig Milligan and Joel Penner are joining Miovision.
Reducing Congestion and Optimizing Signal Timing Systems With Miovision Surtrac
Traffic congestion is a significant problem plaguing many cities worldwide. Severe traffic congestion can increase the risk of vehicular accidents and CO2 emissions.
When it comes to innovation, standards matter
In 1998, Ericsson, IBM, Intel, Toshiba and Nokia got together to launch the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) to define and develop a new short-range wireless technology allowing devices to seamlessly exchange data. Today, the Bluetooth SIG has more than 35,000 member companies and the technology is used to connect everything from headphones to fitness sensors.
Future-proof your traffic network with SaaS
As populations grow, so do urban areas. It’s expected that by 2050, more-developed regions in the world will have 86.6% of their populations living in cities and towns.
Solving traffic problems remotely
Both citizens and traffic teams feel the pressure when unexpected traffic issues arise. Citizen complaints are good indicators of these issues but rarely provide all the information needed for a traffic team to take action.
Pilot project aims to improve traffic approaching Canada-US border
The Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor doesn’t just carry a lot of traffic. It carries more than a quarter of the approximately $700 billion of goods traded annually between the US and Canada via thousands of trucks that cross the border daily. That creates a lot of traffic along Huron Church Road – the main road in Windsor leading to and from the bridge. And, that in turn creates two challenges: moving goods (and people) efficiently while reducing the impact of all this traffic on the local community.
Are signal re-timings worth it?
If signal retiming makes travel faster, won’t that just induce more demand and erode any gains made? According to Miovision’s Senior Traffic Engineer Sajad Shiravi, even with some increased demand, signal retiming still makes a measurable improvement in traffic.
How live events affect traffic
There are no shortages of traffic nightmares caused by live events. Although they allow us to support our favourite artists, athletes and celebrities, the process of navigating events is usually centered around traffic and transportation. Questions like: How early should I leave? Is it worth driving or should I take public transportation? Can I beat the traffic by leaving early? Are all top of mind when attending an event and ultimately, deter the overall experience.
Traffic data types
There are several types of traffic data that can be collected from roadways to give traffic engineers insight on the usage and traffic performance of different modes of traffic in the road network. This post is a high-level overview of the traffic data types that are typically gathered to complete traffic engineering projects.