Scout

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) in the US has purchased 42 Scout Video collection units (VCUs) from intelligent traffic data services provider Miovision Technologies, in a bid to standardise and automate the traffic data collection for the state’s transportation projects.

INDOT had employed manual data collection methods or road tubes to collect traffic data for a number of traffic studies and applications, though this was not effective for congested roads or ramps.

Using Miovision’s Scout VCUs will enable INDOT to automatically and safely collect accurate traffic data, while lowering operational overhead and time costs.

The system also allows the state to collect more traffic data for transportation projects that reduce traffic congestion, travel times, emissions and fuel expenses, at lower costs.

INDOT can also benefit from administrative efficiencies, as the entire state will be standardised on one system, the online Miovision traffic data management portal, to access and share traffic data reports and video files to manage transportation projects.

Traffic data and reports can be exported in PDF, JCD, UTDF, PRN, TF2, CSV and XLS formats.

With the help of the automated traffic data collection technology, INDOT can now easily complete 12 and 24-hour traffic turning movement counts, reducing its dependence on external traffic consultants to carry out intersection balancing and factoring for two, six and ten-hour traffic studies.

Canada-based Miovision Technologies, established in 2005, is a technology organisation that creates intelligent traffic data collection solutions for transportation networks and has customers in 28 countries across 5 continents.

Image: Miovision’s Scout VCUs will allow INDOT to automatically and safely collect accurate traffic data, while lowering operational overhead and time costs. Photo: courtesy of Miovision Technologies Inc.