In late 2021, Transoft Solutions introduced self-serve products for TrafxSAFE Plus and TrafxFLOW, the company’s automated traffic video analysis software. Self-serve allows the client to take control over their traffic engineering project and perform the study themselves instead of entrusting the work to Transoft Solutions. Until recently, Transoft only supported video processing internally, but after receiving several inquiries regarding licensing or external work, we noticed there was a need and desire for clients to do the work themselves. Read more
Permanent PTZ (Pan-Tilt-Zoom) traffic cameras (i.e. controllable cameras whose feed streams back to a traffic control center) are often panned, tilted, and zoomed throughout the day as operators respond to congestion, an incident or a collision. And even if operators do not move the camera, cameras can still move if the support medium they are affixed to move, typically from sway in the wind or vibrations caused by heavy vehicles transmitted through the ground and the support medium. Read more
Road traffic crashes continue to represent the primary leading cause of death among those aged 5 to 29 years old and disproportionately affect vulnerable road users; More than half of all road traffic deaths are among pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists. Read more
In response to rising road safety concerns, the City of Bellevue passed a Vision Zero resolution in 2015 to strive to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries by 2030. Read more
In every interaction between two road users, factors such as drivers’ inattention, road surface, vehicle conditions, traffic situation, etc. have the potential to lead to a crash (Reason et al., 2006). This means that in the case of a collision, the crash might not have taken place if all crash-potential factors were not present at the same time Read more
On June 28th, 2021, a Dutch Magazine called Mobiliteits Platform (in English, Mobility Platform) interviewed David Homola, Transoft Solutions’ Europe, Middle East, and Africa Product Manager about the TrafxSAFE product – Transoft Solutions’ automated road safety analysis tool. Read more
Lately, Transoft Solutions has been receiving more and more requests for traffic analysis from video collected using drone cameras. While the usage of drone video for traffic monitoring is still relatively new, it is even more novel for video-based analytics purposes. Hence, it comes with its own set of advantages, limitations, and considerations. Read more
Lately, Transoft Solutions has been receiving more and more requests for traffic analysis from video collected using drone cameras. While the usage of drone video for traffic monitoring is still relatively new, it is even more novel for video-based analytics purposes. Hence, it comes with its own set of advantages, limitations, and considerations. Read more
Transoft Solutions recently released a new feature that allows BriskLUMINA users to narrow down possible remedial treatments or countermeasures using automated filtering and CMFs. But how does it work? And what is a CMF, anyways? Read more
AASHTO’s Highway Safety Manual 2014 (HSM) is in many ways a vital resource in understanding how road safety analysis is performed. Consequently, it is used by many transportation professionals in North America. Read more