AirSage Real-Time Traffic (ART)
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Traffic affects nearly every American at some point during his or her week. According to a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2009, Americans spend 4.2 billion hours stuck in traffic every year. The situation is not projected to get any better given that over the past three years highway passenger travel has grown
by nearly 50%, road capacity has grown less than 5%, and vehicle miles traveled are projected to increase 60% by 2030. This means more cars, worse road conditions and longer commutes per day. That’s a recipe for traffic congestion and the reason why DOTs, navigation companies and daily commuters are clamoring for a scalable, real-time, reliable and cost-effective solution.
The winners in the traffic marketplace will provide three features: real-time data, widespread coverage and high-quality results. There are a lot of traffic applications in the marketplace claiming they have these components, but there is only one company that has direct relationships with wireless carriers and network switches so that it can turn cell phones into real-time travel updates. The only company that can do this is AirSage and it’s flagship product, AirSage Real-Time Traffic ( ART Product Overview ). This product provides the most comprehensive coverage, as well as the most reliable, up-to-date and accurate traffic information on the market today.
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How AirSage Real-Time Traffic Works
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AirSage Real-Time Traffic is an XML-based data feed showing traffic flow data and a myriad of other useful outputs. Specifically, the traffic data feed contains the following fields: date and timestamp, market, TMC code, actual speed and a historical mode value.
Customers also have the option to purchase a real-time, online visualization of their traffic market(s) so that each customer can start generating immediate value and doesn’t have to spend cycles integrating XML fields or configuring visualization pages. The data feed is updated every two minutes and have a guaranteed 99% uptime.
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Comprehensive Coverage
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AirSage currently monitors traffic in the top 120 U.S. markets, representing nearly 85% of the country. In addition, using wireless technology affords AirSage significantly greater geographic coverage than other competing technologies which have to be physically installed along each road segment. AirSage provides over 200,000 lane miles of coverage - more than any other traffic company. Our Operations Center, staffed 24 x 7, continuously monitors traffic conditions looking for changes or incidents to ensure 99% uptime.
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Responsive
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AirSage processes data from over a hundred locations in our network in real-time. The result: AirSage shows a change in traffic as it happens.
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Cost-Effective
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Instead of requiring sensors that must be manually installed, monitored and maintained, AirSage uses wireless information to generate more coverage at a significantly lower cost than competing traffic vendors.
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Turns Data into Information
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AirSage processes and condenses hundreds of Gigabytes (GB) of data every 24 hours, providing customers with a continuous flow of traffic updates that are packaged into traffic information files and updated every two minutes.
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Long-term Traffic Analysis
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AirSage data is also available for historical periods to allow "big-picture" analysis of how traffic changes over weeks and months. This information is particularly useful to city or urban planning departments, real estate developers, and emergency management agencies. AirSage can provide "raw" historical information or generate customized reports and evaluations.
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Route and Corridor Information
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In addition to traffic information, AirSage calculates travel-time durations for the most popular metro area roads. This affords an instantaneous view into how long it will take drivers to travel along a given route.
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