b'STREETSMART V2IMPROVING COMMUTES AT THE INTERSECTION By Summer JohnsonTodays world depends more on technologyITSprofessionalswithactionablesignalInadditiontoexperiencingimpressive than ever before, and the demand for smartperformance metrics. software updates, V2 has a GRIDSMART cities is real. Imagine living in a city whereV2combinesGRIDSMARTssoftwarerugged exterior. GRIDSMART realized users roads communicate with your vehicle andwith a licensed Wi-Fi collector to provideshould be able to visibly recognize V2 as vice versa. You wouldnt find yourself stucktransparent data collection 24/7 from bothpart of the GRIDSMART product family and at long red lights anymore because your carWi-Fi and the traffic cabinet. In the event ofredesigned the custom hardware in-house. would tell the intersection to change phasesconnectivity loss, V2 uploads the collectedDirector of Hardware Design & Engineering, upon your arrival. Commutes would be moredataafterreestablishingconnectivity.TracyNelson,explainedGRIDSMARTs efficient,andyouwouldprobablyspendGRIDSMART believes its important to useapproach to V2s final hardware design:moretimedoingthingsyoulikeinsteadWi-Fi data collection instead of BluetoothThe biggest problem with the design V2 of sitting in traffic. According to the INRIXbecause Wi-Fi provides the largest samplewas inspired from when it came to hardware 2017 Global Traffic Scorecard, Americanssize.Largersamplesizesprovidemorewas it had a modular approach with a bunch in larger cities spend anywhere from 54 toaccurate counts and produce well-roundedof features stacked on top of each other. 102hourssittingintraffic.Imaginewhatreports used by ITS professionals to makeOnce we got it in, it wasnt simple in the way you could do with the time saved from morethe best decisions surrounding traffic flowof the internal connectors and the excessive efficient commutes. through corridors.amountsofscrews.Thechassiswasin GRIDSMARTisalreadysavingtimeforThe data may be robust, but reporting ismultiple pieces instead of one. None of this thousands of cities and citizens around thestill simple. Users can easily navigate andmatched our GRIDSMART core principles. world with The GRIDSMART System. Theaccess reports with the new STREETSMARTUltimately, we scrapped the entire design to GRIDSMARTSystem,poweredbyInteladd on to GRIDSMART.cloud. GRIDSMART. be a single-piece chassis and incorporated technologies,istheworldsmosttrustedcloudfeaturesdifferentreportingoptionseverythingintooneboardRatherthan and only field-tested, single camera systemincludingTravelTime,whichmeasuresbeingmodular,everythingisessentially thatgathersandinterpretsimportantthe time it takes a vehicle to travel fromcombined. We made it rugged and simple traffic data. GRIDSMART empowers trafficastartingpointtoanendpoint;Origin- to manufacture.engineers to adjust signal timing and trafficDestination, which allows users to track theGRIDSMARTsgoalforV2istoserve flowstrategies,andenablesreal-timepath a vehicle takes from a starting pointthecommunitybyimprovingeveryones monitoringandvisualassessment.Justto an end point; volume by phase, turningcommutesattheintersection.V2isa asGRIDSMARTsBellCamerawasthemovements, arrival on red and green, andtrueembodimentofGRIDSMARTwith worlds first single camera for intersectionmore. With the new, simple configuration,itssimpleinstallationandconfiguration, acutation, GRIDSMART continues to be atusers can configure V2 at the intersectionflexible reporting options, and transparent the forefront of connectivity with our all-newfromtheirmobiledevice;however,Fielddatacollection.GRIDSMARTbelieves data collection system, STREETSMARTV2.ApplicationEngineersarealsoavailablethereisalwaysroomforimprovement GRIDSMART designed V2 from the groundto install or assist as needed. With data- and will continue forging their own path in up with the ITS industry and end-users inrichreportsandsimpleconfiguration,infrastructureconnectivitybydeveloping mind. V2 is an entirely new product builtV2providesuserswiththenecessaryproductstohelpITSprofessionalsmakeWiFi based reporting for origin-destination onGRIDSMARTsthreecoreprinciples informationtofine-tunetrafficflowandinformed decisions and improve commutes Simple.Flexible.Transparent.toprovidekeep everyone moving. for all. n and travel time is here. Meet V2.Learn more at GRIDSMART.com33'