Transportation Blog

This article was orginally published in the The Urban Transportation Monitor, February 14, 2011 Issue

IBM and Telvent announced that together they will develop smarter traffic solutions that are affordable and customized for small cities, university and government campuses and business districts. Traffic issues in large urban areas are well known. But congestion is common also in smaller cities and college campuses, where populations and traffic can spike during rush hour or week end football games. Even in areas with populations of less than 500,000 people, people spend up to 20 hours a week wasted on delays. It can cost cities mil lions of dollars each year. Taking advantage of predictive analytics and real-time information from road sensors al lows agencies to be more proactive in dealing with traffic and mobility issues, IBM said in a December 17 press re lease. The solution will apply IBM’s advanced analytics and Telvent’s traffic management expertise to give small urban areas visibility for better traffic control and improving congestion – at a price point for their budgets.

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December 17, 2010 – Telvent (NASDAQ: TLVT) and IBM (NYSE: IBM), announced today that together they will develop smarter traffic solutions that are affordable and customized for small cities, university and government campuses and business districts.

While large urban areas like New York, Los Angeles and Houston have well-known traffic issues, congestion is also common in smaller cities and college campuses when populations and traffic on the road can spike during rush hour or weekend football games. It is estimated that even in areas with populations of less than 500,000 people, people spend up to 20 hours a week wasted on delays and it can cost cities millions of dollars each year.

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