Just across the Potomac River from our Nation’s capital lies Arlington County, home to CTA (and the soon-to-be home of Amazon’s HQ2). In addition to a couple big names in consumer technology, this northern Virginia suburb also recently served as a testbed for safe driving technology.
One of the USA’s leading developers of intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and Internet of Things (IoT) mobility technology, Applied Information Inc. (AI), has announced plans to deploy Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) connected traffic infrastructure products in the USA.
SPRING, TX – Precinct 3 Commissioner James Noack’s office partnered with Paradigm Traffic and Applied Information to create and design a new high-water detection system for South Montgomery County roads.
The system is designed to alert first responders of rising water during flooding or flash flood
events.
TravelSafely smartphone app arrives in the D.C. metro area for the first time. Watch NBC4 coverage.
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So what’s IoT? It’s the internet of things, and is a complex system of linked devices using the internet in ways you’ve never seen before. For example, your car could talk to you if you’re speeding in a school zone.
“I want every stoplight in our city to be an IoT smart stop.”
New technology embedded in the control systems of the traffic signals that run Quincy’s busiest intersections allows police and fire officials to override the system and give themselves green lights to clear their path to emergencies.
