Start small then scale
By starting small, you take a lot of stress out of the system, especially for budgets and personnel. But it can also improve quality over the long-term by giving your team a chance to learn from their mistakes and tweak systems before deploying at a larger scale. Try one of the options below for your first project and learn as you grow.
Connect an intersection. Create smarter traffic signals by connecting them to vehicles and sensors for Signal Phase and Timing (SPaT) and other safety apps. As you become comfortable with the technology, add more layers of data from nearby locations like office, retail, and parking. This can create value for users beyond their vehicles.
Connect a corridor (or two). Create a smarter road by linking it to vehicles and IoT sensors. Automate time consuming or dangerous duties like changing signage and closing gates. You'll learn how to leverage real-time data for improved safety, congestion, and performance management.
Let your IT department get a taste for the technologies and workloads involved. If they have too much on their plate already, consider managed services to take the load off. This can also help you overcome knowledge gaps and budget limitations. In the end, managed services can also help streamline deployment processes while improving the scalability of your solution. Dive deeper.
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Grow your connected roadways network in layers, each adding new functionalities and capabilities. This approach will create a natural scalability that lets you expand to almost any size. From neighborhood to city, to county or even state, layering lets you grow in a functional and manageable way.