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
Most road safety studies are concerned with two aspects of road safety: (1) Collision Probability, that is, how likely are road users going to strike each other? And (2) Collision Severity, that is, if a collision were to occur, how severe would it be? This can range from simple fender benders, with only cosmetic property damage, all the way up to fatalities. Read more
Overwhelmingly, one of the most common questions we receive is about privacy. Transportation authorities are rightfully concerned about privacy because it raises concerns with respect to law, liability, and public perception. For example, the issue of privacy and tracking came up just recently in a Q&A with Franz Loewenherz from the City of Bellevue. Generally speaking, the questions we receive regarding privacy fall into one of two categories: Read more
Making the decision to use video analytics to diagnose safety issues and deciding who to partner up with are both big decisions. There are many factors to consider: Why is this safety study required? What specific features and outputs will I benefit from? Whose technology has been tested and proven to be the most reliable? What is the budget and timeline? Read more