Traffic and the poor air quality it causes are complex issues for cities to manage and understand cost-efficiently.
Our ‘smart city’ digital system provides data required for the urban policy decisions needed. It also uses advanced machine learning technology to anticipate congestion spikes before they happen.
The challenge for UTMC is that vehicles are a major source of pollution through exhaust emissions of fine particulates, a problem worsened when journeys are delayed. This makes keeping traffic moving a priority.
Smarter Sensors, Smarter Data
The IA Series of air quality monitors offer low-cost, ultra sensitive gas sensor for pollution detection. After two years of development, we created a Digital/Analogue sensor using AI and Hardware integration to produce a sensor capable of measuring 10 parts per billion with a response time of 60 seconds.
The sensors are combined with a powerful quad-core computing platform to provide auto-calibration allowing the sensors to match expensive chemi-luminescence sensors for accuracy. All IA series sensors are simple to setup and deploy and can be linked to a local server, the Cloud, third party systems or a UTMC system allowing for networked results in real-time.
Intelligence at its core
At the heart of NOW Wireless is the most advanced automatic reaction available to digital traffic data: An Artificial Intelligence (AI) that responds to real-time information, including data from linked pollution sensors.
But the AI does more than assimilate and analyse information such as vehicle type, travel time of day and length of trip. It takes action. This includes diverting traffic from a congested area, encouraging it to flow better through track light sequencing, or sending SMS messages to drivers recommending alternative routes or travel times.
Predicting Pollution
The AI has an advanced machine learning capability. Within one day of being installed it will accurately predict pollution levels an hour in advance. The machine learning analyses data gathered from a range of sources: Connected CCTV cameras, pollution sensors, historical weather patterns and passing digital signatures.
This predictive capability means a problem is resolved before it even becomes one.
Now Wireless does not lock you in to our technology, but works flexibly with existing UTMC frameworks and scales as required.
The technology and proprietary components are already trusted for use by 40 UK cities, building an unrivalled database from more than 30,000 on-street devices, including 2,000 sensors in the West Midlands alone.
