For highway and city authorities around the world, our unique capability to deliver end-to-end Orchestrated Connected Corridors (OCCs) is the key to improving road safety and delivering advanced traffic management solutions.
To make roadways safer and greener, and to improve traffic flow, many authorities around the world are beginning to test and implement Orchestrated Connected Corridor (OCC) solutions.
By linking Connected Vehicles with advanced data collection and processing platforms at the network edge and in the cloud, Kapsch OCCs provide real-time traffic management capabilities and insights that support an enormous range of innovative safety and traffic mobility use cases.
We make it possible, for example, to improve safety on both urban and interurban routes by supporting real-time safety applications such as Co-operative Automated Vehicles (CAV), and by communicating key safety information and warnings to drivers in their vehicles. We can also use real-time traffic data from OCCs to support cross-domain traffic, tolling, and demand management applications that reduce congestion and emissions from ‘stop-start’ traffic.
Our idea is to use new and existing technology to provide effective 'change levers' to traffic operators, improving the transport network and the surrounding environment for all traffic participants.
Steve Sprouffske, VP Connected Vehicle Services
Kapsch TrafficCom is uniquely able to deploy OCC solutions from end-to-end. As a single point of contact and access for Connected Vehicle infrastructure, data and analytics platforms and services, we help authorities to minimize the time and risks associated with these complex projects.
Around the world, we are supporting authorities as they deploy OCC solutions to improve road safety, enhance driver experiences, and reduce congestion and emissions.
Austria: a national initiative to enhance safety
Kapsch has been working with ASFINAG, the organization that builds and maintains Austria’s highways, to develop and implement a nationwide and city-based Connected Vehicle deployment to improve road safety. With timely warnings of roadworks, obstacles, congestion, authorities are able to further their goal of ‘zero accident’ roadways.
USA: delivering the ‘Smart Columbus Connected Corridor project for Ohio
This project, which started in 2016, aims to increase transportation mobility, safety, and efficiency for residents in the city of Columbus, Ohio. Kapsch led the creation of a Connected Vehicle Environment (CVE) which includes 100 roadside units which collect data at intersections along the key corridors in the city. By providing information such as traffic signal status, speed limits, and other alerts to drivers in their vehicles, Columbus’ CVE is improving safety for road users. Increased driver awareness of potential hazards and speed limits outside schools is also reducing accident risks. Finally, the CVE is improving traffic flow and corridor mobility by optimizing signalling and reducing start-stop traffic.
Australia: a Connected Corridor solution within the Australian Integrated Multimodal EcoSystem (AIMES) zone in Melbourne
Working with the University of Melbourne, Kapsch TrafficCom has deployed the AIMES Connected Corridor end-to-end solution, including maintenance and support services. The solution is helping the city of Melbourne to increase the safety of drivers, cyclists and pedestrians based on enhancing awareness of safety risks in the area. The ability to spot and sanction traffic violations also promises to change and improve driving on the city’s streets, further helping to reduce accident risks and, potentially, providing a new revenue stream for the city.
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