CITY TRAFFIC IS CHANGING

As more people move to both large and small cities, traffic is adversely affected by more cars, taxis, ride sharing services, trucks, and busses. Unfortunately, this increase in motorized traffic can create several challenges for city management such as curtailing emissions to fall within acceptable levels, improving traffic flow in areas where the amount of traffic far exceeds the capacity of the roads, parking, etc.

To combat some of those challenges, city dwellers not only turn to public transportation but also to more environmentally conscious personal methods such as bicycle, scooters, and even walking. Yet this type of traffic, without insight into patterns and volume, can not only exacerbate existing management and planning challenges but create new issues as well. Only with highly accurate, real-time data can city managers adjust to accommodate and support these new kinds of traffic. This data can also be used by city planners to ensure that future considerations are made to support increased non-motorized traffic in specific areas of the city.