Charlottesville signals its integration with Econolite

Econolite is to integrate its Centracs Mobility platform into the city of Charlottesville's communications network, which is a mixture of fibre optic and cellular.

The city, in the US state of Virginia, covers an area of just 10.4 square miles but sees heavy daily commuter traffic from the surrounding metropolitan area population of 160,000: it wants real-time management of arterial congestion, as well as the ability to facilitate future ITS projects 

The city has 75 signalised intersections, and Econolite will also connect Centracs Mobility to 26 CCTV cameras for traffic monitoring, with the possibility of adding more. The company says its platform will provide for future management and support of dynamic message signs, vehicle detection - a mixture of video and inductive loops - Vehicle to Everything technology, Bluetooth travel-time detectors and future connected vehicle applications.

The city wants its advanced traffic management system to remotely monitor and control devices in real time to better manage roadways and intersections, as well as using traffic data to inform motorists about incidents, special events and bad weather through push notification programmes.

Econolite says Centracs Mobility will enable the management and operations of all ITS devices, traffic signals and roadside infrastructure, including its own Cobalt controllers.