Umovity Partners with Derq to Deliver Comprehensive Traffic Management and Safety Solution Powered by AI
April 24 2024 - 1:00PM
Business Wire
- Econolite integrates Derq’s AI-powered road safety
performance scoring into their Centracs® Mobility – part of the
Umovity Tech Suite
- The unified solution will improve safety for all road users,
including vulnerable pedestrians and cyclists
- First Proof of Concept (POC) is currently operating in
Florida
The global leader for end-to-end traffic management and
transportation technology, Umovity, and industry leading AI
Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) provider, Derq, today
announced their collaboration and first joint solution at ITS
America Conference & Expo in Phoenix, AZ. By linking Derq’s
INSIGHT, the company’s automated safety performance monitoring
application with Econolite’s industry-leading cloud-based Advanced
Transportation Management System (ATMS), Centracs® Mobility, the
two companies deliver a strong traffic management solution which
utilizes Artificial Intelligence (AI) to increase safety for all
road users.
The award-winning AI-powered platform developed by MIT-spinoff
Derq ingests and fuses data from connected traffic cameras and
sensors and runs real-time analytics to enable continuous and
actionable safety and traffic insights. Derq’s automated safety
performance metrics, derived on live identification of safety
events and road user behaviors such as crashes, near-misses or
pedestrian and cyclist compliance issues, are translated into
safety scores. Derq’s solutions have been deployed in 25 agencies
across the U.S. Its intuitive map interface is flexible and
configurable allowing multiple visual cues for situational
awareness of the transportation operation.
The seamless integration of the Derq safety performance metrics
with Econolite’s cloud-based ATMS, Centracs Mobility, gives traffic
managers a unique advantage, by enhancing situational awareness and
facilitating simultaneous monitoring of transportation operations
and safety performance. It provides users with instant visibility
into safety issues at intersections, with the option to dive deeper
using Derq’s cloud-based dashboard, empowering prompt adjustments
to traffic signals to address emerging safety issues.
Econolite’s cloud-based Centracs Mobility Platform is the
industry-leading, secure, ATMS and part of the Umovity Tech Suite.
The intuitive map interface is extremely flexible and configurable
allowing multiple visual cues for situational awareness of the
transportation operation. The seamless integration of Derq metrics
with Econolite’s Centracs Mobility gives traffic managers a unique
advantage by enhancing situational awareness and facilitating
simultaneous monitoring of transportation operations and safety
performance. The integration provides users with instant visibility
into safety issues at intersections, empowering prompt adjustments
to traffic signals to address emerging safety issues.
Christian U. Haas, CEO of Umovity, the unified brand for
Econolite and PTV, said, “At Umovity, our mission is to provide
top-tier technology to enhance efficient, and, above all, safe
mobility for humanity. By integrating Derq’s AI-powered safety
metrics and scores into our flagship ATMS, the Centracs Mobility
Platform by Econolite, we're crafting a distinctive traffic
management solution that prioritizes the safety of all road
users—particularly the most vulnerable ones, such as pedestrians
and bicyclists."
“Creating a world where roads are safer and more efficient is
our primary goal at Derq,” said Dr. Georges Aoude, co-founder and
CEO of Derq. “Making our state-of-the-art AI-powered safety
insights available within a leading traffic management platform,
Econolite’s Centracs Mobility, scales our existing presence across
U.S. cities, ultimately saving lives and improving the quality of
life for everyone on the road.”
Umovity and Derq are already underway with their first Proof of
Concept (POC) installation in Pinellas County, Florida. Both
Econolite’s Centracs Mobility and Derq’s safety AI platform are
already operational on the designated road corridor, serving as a
testbed for the POC. The cooperation builds upon a previous
development between Econolite and Derq, linking the Derq’s SENSE,
the company’s real-time detection solution, with Econolite’s
Cobalt® Advanced Traffic Controllers operating with EOS controller
software in California.
About Umovity (Econolite & PTV Group). Mobility for
Humanity.
Umovity is a global market leader for end-to-end traffic
management and transportation technology that takes a holistic
approach to provide safer, smarter, and more sustainable Mobility
for Humanity. Uniting the best-in-class solutions for intelligent
traffic management systems, cloud-based adaptive traffic control,
real-time traffic management software, controllers, cabinets, and
sensor products by Econolite, and simulation and predictive
modeling software by PTV, Umovity enables innovators and
decision-makers in politics, municipalities, and industry to shape
smart and livable communities and multimodal mobility. For more
information, visit www.umovity.com.
About Derq
Derq, an award-winning MIT spin-off and industry leading
provider of real-time AI-based intelligent transportation system
solutions, is dedicated to revolutionizing road safety and
efficiency worldwide. Through its proprietary and patented
technology, Derq provides transportation agencies with an
Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform that powers advanced
analytics and Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) applications
to help them improve road safety and better manage traffic. Derq
has been recognized as an industry leader by the WEF and has
received several awards including the 2022 Global ITS Innovation
Award, AI company of the year at SXSW 2019, and Top Road Safety
Innovator for Vision Zero in 2020 by Together for Safer Roads. For
more information, visit derq.com.
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Katelyn Davis pr@derq.com