Waycare AI manages traffic operations

First published in ITS America Preview - May 23, 2019

Visitors to the ITS America Annual Meeting will have an opportunity of checking out Waycare Technologies, a company that is at the forefront of using artificial intelligence (AI) to manage traffic operations and which has already demonstrated significant success in the Las Vegas region.

Waycare is developing AI-powered solutions enabling transportation and public safety agencies to harness internal and in-vehicle data for real-time, predictive incident management and traffic optimisation. The system collects and synthesises into a single platform not only municipal data such as sensors, CCTV cameras, traffic signal information, but also diverse sets of in-vehicle data such as telematics, crowd-sourced navigation, and connected vehicle insights. Leveraging applied machine learning and predictive analytics (AI), the system transforms this information into real-time decision-making tools and forward-looking insights, enabling improved incident mitigation, dynamic real-time traffic flow optimisation and direct communication with the public.

A cloud-based solution, Waycare’s platform is interoperable across agencies throughout a region on any data enabled device. The platform was successfully deployed in the Las Vegas region and the system was able to demonstrate the use of AI and in-vehicle data for traffic management, incident management, crash prediction, and prevention. Notable results include on average 12-minute faster response time to incidents, 17% crashes on monitored roads through proactive policing, 180% increase in incidents identified, and a 300% increase of messages to the public.

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