The world of technology is forever changing. Though few would deny this, many fail to jump on board as the trends fly past them. In any industry, companies who are "set in their ways" risk losing everything in the blink of an eye. To mitigate this, it is important to...
Costs of Congestion: Economic Effects
Let's talk tangibles. So many of the issues in our lives can go unrecognized or unaddressed for ages. The laundry? It can wait until tomorrow. Visiting your in-laws? Next summer. However, there is one thing that almost always gets us moving: money. If you want someone...
Costs of Congestion: The Environment
For so many years, we lived in our own bubble. If it didn't affect us, it didn't concern us. We were told to keep our "noses out of other's business" and so on. In today's climate (no pun intended), that is no longer an option. We have to take action against the...
Costs of Congestion: Your Health
It has become a matter of public knowledge that pollution is unhealthy, both for the planet and for those who call it home. A sign outside the community centre warns against idling. A teacher tells you to turn off the car in the school drop-off lane. We try to protect...
How to Improve Your Traffic Monitoring and Data Collection
Should you be measuring the performance of your traffic operations? You probably guessed "yes!", so why are few agencies and municipalities doing so? In fact, the category “traffic monitoring and data collection” was given a failing grade on a national level in the...
Here’s How Much Border Delays Cost the US and Canada
If you have ever crossed the Canada-US border, you have been part of the over 400,000 people and $2 billion in business that moves across the two countries every day. That’s a lot of volume to handle, and with volume comes delay. According to a study at the...
Revolutionizing Intersection Performance Evaluation
Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) traditionally proposes an 8-step method to evaluate the performance of signalized intersections. This evaluation begins from the calculation of the saturation flow rate all the way to estimating the Level of Service (LOS) of the...
Can Autonomous Vehicles Kill Traffic Lights?
Improvements in the sensor technology and the emergence of connected vehicles and wireless communication have provided a base for the development of a new generation of vehicles with the ability to navigate on roads without human intervention. Autonomous vehicles use...
Not All Traffic Data are Created Equal!
With recent advances in communication technology, words such as Big Data, Smart Cities, and Connectivity are frequently tossed around. However, the ways that big data should be transformed to accurate and reliable information and knowledge and how this information...