transportation leaders In california

INNOVATIONS:

“Roughly in the last ten years or so a ton of investment in developing new technology to make care safer, easier to produce, and ultimately drive themselves. Now, most of that technology has developed exclusively on the vehicle side and very little on it has transferred over to infrastructure. So take advances and machine learning that has come out of autonomous driving space and apply it to traffic signals. In the same way, we are trying to give car eyes so really just aiming for the infrastructure to match the capability of these vehicles that are able to talk to each other. Which allows the infrastructure to be part of that conversation. ”

" These technologies are helping reduce delay as much as 30-40% which means we are taking these developed technologies around the country and applying them here in the Inland Empire. Reducing delay also means reducing the cost people are spending like the cost of emissions and time waiting. Therefore, making a measurable impact here in the inland empire. "

BARRIERS TO IMPROVEMENTS:

"Based on my work experience in different areas, innovations are challenging on a personal level because it's adding on to technology or a new technique to an existing problem when dealing with the problem. We are now asking the people who have to tackle the problem to shift their ideas which can be quite difficult. One of the barriers is finding the approach in which does not push people aside but educate them and help them take advantage instead of resisting projects."​

IDEAS:

"There are multiple studies in both universities and federal level which talk about the cost of traffic congestion. Those cost comes from several different places but if you think about the traffic process for example people waiting at red lights or waiting for each other on the freeway all of that delay has a substantial cost to those drivers and society. If you think about those two hours you spend driving back and forward to work for instance it is time you are not getting paid for, time away from your family, not doing your hobbies, not exercising, etc. so there is an economic cost to that time. Also, consider the wear and tear to your vehicle, fuel cost, and other secondary health consequences. We know that Southern California tends to have poor air quality especially around freeways or busy intersections all of these consequences you can turn into an economic calculation and see the heavy burden traffic has on individuals."

CLOSING STATEMENTS:

"Whether you are commuting or not everyone is affected by it. In our company, we are using new technology and approaches to elevate the level of technology that is applied to this problem, therefore, making a difference in the real world."