Transportation Blog

In March 2007, Telvent implemented its first ORT System on the 183A toll road in Austin, Texas for the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority (CTRMA). Traffic on 183A greatly exceeded expectations and as a result, CTRMA accelerated development of the northern extension of the roadway in order to meet driver demand and enhance mobility in the corridor.

The 183A Extension is a limited-access toll road with three lanes in each direction. Construction began on the project in March 2010, approximately 7 years earlier than originally planned and is scheduled to open this year!

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March 15, 2012 – Telvent GIT, S.A., a leading real-time IT solutions and information provider for a sustainable world, announced today that it has been awarded a project to develop the smart mobility management system in the city of Quito, in Ecuador. This ambitious project, headed up by the Metropolitan Public Mobility and Public Works Company (EPMMOP in its Spanish acronym) is intended to solve the traffic problems facing the two million citizens in Quito’s metropolitan area each day.

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DOT 31-12
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Statement:

“Today's passage of the Senate transportation bill shows what Congress is capable of when they work together in a bipartisan manner. Thanks to the leadership of Senators Boxer and Inhofe, working with their colleagues from the Banking, Commerce and Finance Committees, states are one step closer to putting Americans to work rebuilding our roads, bridges, transit systems and railways. Like President Obama's transportation proposal, this bill would relieve congestion on our roads, expand our transit and rails systems, and provide Americans with safe, affordable ways to reach their destinations when gas prices are high. I hope that the House will follow their lead in passing a bipartisan transportation bill.”

Transit Signal Priority (TSP) is the name given to a variety of methods, techniques and technologies that are aimed at providing preferential treatment to transit vehicles (bus and/or light rail) as they travel through one or more signalized intersections.  The goal of all TSP systems is to make transit more efficient and, therefore, more attractive as a mode of travel.   The TSP concept generally involves a priority request for a transit vehicle as it approaches the next signalized intersection on its route.  In more advanced systems, the priority request is conditional – that is, a priority request is only generated if the transit vehicle is more than x% full and is behind schedule.  The location of the request, which affects when the vehicle will reach the intersection, the location of bus stops (far-side / near-side) are also important.  The traffic signal controller at the intersection can accept or reject the request depending on its own operating criteria (e.g., the request will be denied if the signal controller is in the process of transitioning between plans).

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Please join us in welcoming Steve Haddix, the new Vice President of Tolling Operations for Telvent! Steve has over 20 years of experience in solution delivery, operations management and business development in the public and private sectors. As a former engineer, he has a hands-on management style and focuses his teams on delivering both exceptional customer value and strong financial results through consistent and repeatable project delivery methodologies. He will have an active role in all phases of Tolling operations.

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