Orchestrated Connected Corridors

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.

• Traffic management and planning becomes more sophisticated
  We deliver seamless integration with systems to improve traffic management, including dynamic traffic rerouting in the event of congestion or road incidents, traffic light timing adjustments for ‘green wave’ driving, and dynamic charging during peak and off-peak times.
   
• Road safety is improved for Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs) 
  Sophisticated sensor platforms enable our OCCs to identify VRU such as pedestrians, cyclists, and moped riders. This information is then communicated with drivers which raises the general level of awareness of vulnerable people in the road.
   
• In-vehicle signage and alerts improve mobility
  Information from our OCC is communicated to drivers in their vehicles, help to reduce travel delays. This is particularly important when roadway and traffic conditions change quickly, or where planned or unplanned traffic events occur frequently, or when authorities implement dynamic speed limits depending on the traffic load.

• Road safety is improved for drivers 
  Our OCCs give drivers advanced warning of potential hazards in the road ahead – either using roadside signage, or in-vehicle messaging to dashboard systems.
   
• Congestion charging and low-emissions zones are fully supported
  Our OCCs use machine-learning-driven image processing to provide granular data on vehicles and their locations, enabling them to support a wide range of congestion and emissions reduction initiatives. This is often a key driver for deployment, especially in cities looking to reduce congestion and emissions from stop-start traffic on their roadways.
   
• Our OCCs create new commercial opportunities for traffic authorities
  These include support for dynamic charging based on congestion levels or charging for specific lanes at specific times of day, or during peak times. 
   

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.

Urban solutions

By bringing together data from multiple traffic control systems and agencies, and by supporting real-time and predictive analysis based on artificial intelligence, the Kapsch urban traffic management provides unique benefits for city authorities, mobility agencies, and citizens.

Traffic intelligence solutions

Kapsch's traffic intelligence solution transforms the current reactive traffic operation into a proactive approach which minimizes congestion and mitigates the impact of unexpected incidents and planned events.

Highway solutions

Kapsch TrafficCom supports many of the most advanced highway traffic management installations in the world. Our unique solutions feature intelligent tools which automate the decision making process enabling authorities to respond faster to incidents and to manage traffic more proactively.

Bridges and tunnel management

Kapsch TrafficCom offers an industry leading Bridge & Tunnel Solution. It provides mission-critical support for integrated bridge and tunnel management across safety management, and integrated SCADA capabilities.

Traffic Demand Management

Kapsch's Traffic Demand Management solutions empower cities and their citizens to make well-informed and more sustainable daily transport choices that are beneficial for individuals and the city as a whole.