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Traffic monitoring systems

Monitor traffic flow in real-time

Planned and unplanned disruptions to traffic are costly and frustrating. Get instant, always-on access to a traffic monitoring system with no wait time. Compare real-time disruptions to typical conditions to monitor traffic on all roads.

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Diagnose and mitigate traffic disruptions on any road to improve traffic flow—without sensors

Respond to planned and unplanned traffic disruptions and their network ripple effect with real-time and historical data directly from your computer.

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Proactively detect disruptions

Software to view historical and real-time traffic patterns to anticipate traffic conditions, optimize closure windows, and design effective detours. 

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Make real-time adjustments

Monitoring systems to dynamically manage traffic congestion, optimize resource allocation, and build targeted public communications during disruptions with real-time traffic conditions.   

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Quantify impacts

Use data-rich visuals and reports to demonstrate cost savings and operational improvements, building stakeholder trust and securing funding.

Better manage through traffic disruptions with instant access to real-time monitoring software

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Ensure efficient active traffic management

Understand the severity and aftermath of traffic disruptions—and dynamically control traffic and quickly deploy resources to reduce the impact on local drivers. 

Plan better detours and reduce frustration

View common driver routes to plan and monitor detour usage and communicate to the public and stakeholders with timely traffic data.

Reduce impacts of event traffic

Improve event traffic operations by identifying optimal routes, managing flow, and reducing public frustration. 

Initiate resilience improvement planning

Review disruptions to inform transportation planning for emergencies such as evacuations.

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Measuring the impact of the Super Bowl and Taylor Swift concert on congestion

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The challenge

Taylor Swift’s concert at Allegiant Stadium caused more traffic jams than the Super Bowl. For event operators and transportation agencies, major events put a huge tax on traffic flow especially when unplanned incidents occur.

Data-based solution

To understand how traffic trends played out and compare the impact against other recent major events at Allegiant, StreetLight used its Traffic Monitor product, equipped with near-real-time speed and traffic activity data. This includes a time-lapse of traffic trends measured by atypical volume, speed, atypical speed, and atypical delay. Understanding these traffic patterns can help event operators study and improve traffic plans for events and construction projects to reduce congestion.

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StreetLight Traffic Monitor: At a glance

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Historical and real-time data

Compare past trends with real-time traffic conditions to assess disruptions and make informed, data-driven decisions.

Real-time incidents and severity

Dynamically adjust traffic controls with real-time data for Active Traffic Management to reduce driver frustration.

Queuing behavior 

Identify the full extent and impact of queue build-up to ensure timely response. 

Closure impacts

Map where traffic exits and enters during lane closures to forecast travel flow and plan detour routes.

Volume, speed, and travel time

Analyze slowdowns, monitor speeding, and track drivers’ travel times to enhance safety and prevent incidents. 

 

Check out other StreetLight products

Access our full suite of tools, visualizations, and monitoring systems to solve all your most pressing transportation operations challenges.

Corridor Studies

Accelerate corridor improvements with multi-year mobility trends, available in minutes.

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Congestion Management

Solve traffic jams with quick access to multi-year traffic insights for all your roads in one easy-to-use platform.

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Roadway Volumes

Accelerate your infrastructure projects with trusted, quality traffic counts that are available for all roads in just a few clicks.

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Intersection Studies

Streamline your region’s traffic flow with every-intersection counts, available in 15-minute bins.

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Our customers

See why they chose StreetLight

The data has certainly saved time in GDOT’s ability to respond to requests for lane closures and detours submitted by the [project developer] by eliminating the need for extensive, time-consuming calculations to determine traffic volumes and speeds at various times of day. Time savings also always equate monetary savings.
Marlo Clowers
Design-Build Program Manager at GDOT
The value of Streetlight was apparent to us very quickly when we used the Construction product to observe newer travel times, delays, speeds, congestion, and volumes impacted by recent development near a design project. The near real-time data confirmed what we thought the traffic movements would be and gave us further confidence in some of our road reconfiguration decisions. It is useful when data backs up your expectations.
Kyle Shuck
Project Engineer, District 5 Design
The advantage of Streetlight over PeMS is its reliability. We no longer [have to] rely on the health of the road sensors or local street data to figure out where detour traffic is heading. Without StreetLight, we were often forced to make a judgment call without the most recent data.
Kingshan Wong
Project Engineer at Caltrans
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FAQs

Quick answers to questions you may have

Discover everything about the StreetLight Traffic Monitor features, benefits, and more.

What are traffic monitoring systems?

A traffic monitoring system helps transportation professionals and businesses view traffic trends over time to understand roadway conditions as they change. StreetLight’s Traffic Monitor delivers real-time and historical data on conditions impacting congestion, safety, sustainability, and more.

What types of data do traffic monitoring systems collect?

StreetLight’s Traffic Monitor system collects and displays metrics like vehicle speed, vehicle volumes, and travel time throughout your entire road network. These metrics help you understand traffic patterns impacting congestion, safety, sustainability, and more.

What are traffic monitoring systems used for?

Customers can use the data provided by StreetLight’s Traffic Monitor to understand how current conditions compare to typical historical conditions, deploy rapid-response traffic management solutions, understand where and when issues with congestion or safety repeatedly arise, plan ahead for special events and construction traffic management, and more.

How recent is the data available in the Traffic Monitor?

The Traffic Monitor dashboard includes instant, always-on access to real-time and historical data. This allows practitioners to compare real-time disruptions to typical conditions, including when volumes exceed or fall below normal thresholds. For practitioners working on Active Traffic Management, we offer a continuous speed feed updated in real-time.

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