Is this the end of traffic reporting as we know it?
INRIX and Bauer Media, Europe’s biggest digital commercial radio broadcaster and audio operator are working together on the move from human voiced traffic reports to letting AI do the work, and recently introduced bulletins across the two national radio networks. Radio Today says that staff shifts have been reduced as a result of the move at INRIX, […]
RAC and INRIX predict almost 18m journeys to be made over August Bank Holiday
New figures from the RAC and INRIX suggest that 17.6m leisure journeys are expected to take place by car this August Bank Holiday with drivers in England and Wales eager to enjoy the last long weekend before Christmas. The RAC expects traffic to build from Friday to Saturday with 3m getaway trips likely to take […]
New INRIX Signal Analytics API delivers scalable, networkwide insights
INRIX has launched a new Signal Analytics API that eliminates the need for dashboards or, indeed, any kind of hardware. For many transport professionals striving to understand systemwide performance, the biggest challenge isn’t a lack of data – it’s that insights are trapped in too many places. Over the past decade, signal performance measurement has […]
INRIX transforming real-time traffic data into life-saving alerts for commercial drivers
When a truck traveling at highway speeds encounters sudden congestion, physics becomes an unforgiving adversary – these massive vehicles require 66% more stopping distance than passenger cars. However, a new solution, Drivewyze Smart Roadways Alerts, powered by real-time INRIX data, is transforming the way drivers stay safe, delivering proactive safety alerts that give them the critical […]
RAC predicts busiest Easter bank holiday on the roads in three years with 19m trips expected
RAC is predicting a ‘hat-trick of hold-ups’ as around 2.7m trips are planned on Thursday 18, Good Friday 19 and Saturday 20 April. This year’s Easter bank holiday weekend could be the busiest since 2022 – the first full getaway after COVID lockdowns – with more than 19m leisure journeys planned, according to a new study of […]
London “leading the way” in traffic management technology as it takes on “most congested” tag
One of the UK’s leading transport technology entrepreneurs is highlighting London’s constant embracing of innovation to reduce traffic congestion, as new figures suggest the city’s drivers sit in congestion for more than a hundred hours each every year. The latest INRIX traffic scorecard found London to be Europe’s most congested city, with, on average, each […]
INRIX providing next-generation software to manage traffic
The transport data and analytics company INRIX is supplying the City of Philadelphia announced with a solution to manage kerb and right-of-way management using NEW products. The new cloud-based product, INRIX IQ Road Rules, will hold digital twin information about the City’s streets, pavements, and kerbs, to allow staff to communicate temporary and permanent rule […]
London is Europe’s most congested city, according to latest INRIX 2024 Global Traffic Scorecard
London has bene ranked as Europe’s most congested city in the lNRIX 2024 Global Traffic Scorecard. Drivers in the capital spent an average 101 hours sitting in traffic last year, a 2% increase from the previous year, according to the INRIX report. There has been a consistent increase in congestion in the city in recent […]
INRIX journey time analysis underlines TSOG benefits
A before-and-after comparison of journey times on a corridor benefitting from the Department for Transport’s Traffic Signals Obsolescence Grant (TSOG) funding has shown a near-four per cent improvement since work was carried out. The transportation analytics and data company INRIX looked at a stretch of the A631 through Maltby to the east of Rotherham, after […]
Do traffic signal improvement schemes achieve their objectives? Delegates at the JCT Traffic Signals Symposium will find out how tomorrow
A learned paper at the popular JCT Traffic Signals Symposium in Nottingham this week will look at how to implement adaptive traffic optimisation, and importantly, how to analyse the before-and-after to check it does what it’s meant to do. In the paper “Experiences with ImFlow in Cheshire East – challenges and successes”, John Ball from […]