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Video Blog: Traffic counts and video data collection interview with Gordon Meth from The RBA Group

August 10, 2011 by Cam Davies
The RBA Group has been a customer of Miovision for over 1.5 years and has performed hundreds of traffic counts with the system. In this video-blog, Gordon Meth shares some of his experiences with Miovision's system. Gordon Meth
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Case Study: Missouri DOT doubles their traffic count program with 84% less labor using Miovision

August 2, 2011 by Cam Davies

In early 2010, a statewide reduction in labor forces meant MoDOT had to eliminate a part-time role whose primary responsibility was data collection, making it extremely difficult for them to meet their newly established goal of doubling the amount of traffic counts from 60-75 counts per year to 130-140.
By deciding to automate data collection with Miovision, the district could reduce the amount of labor needed for each count, thereby increasing the amount of data collected per year by a single person and making progress towards their goal.


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Crosstown Traffic, All You Do is Slow Me Down: Final Installment

April 28, 2011 by Cam Davies
To close out this Signal Optimization Blog Series, I'll be presenting a case study about a recent signal optimization study that URS Corporation completed in Michigan. A lot of the resources cited in this blog series seem to paint an exaggerated picture of just how effective investment into signal optimization can be, but this case study is a great real-world example of how a signal optimization can benefit a community. The benefit:cost for the citizens in Western Ottawa Count was 12.5:1!
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Automation in Kentucky Saves Time and Money

March 15, 2011 by Cam Davies
Wanting to stay ahead of competition and be on the cutting edge, QK4’s traffic engineering department is always looking for new technology which will increase productivity and provide added value for their clients and to their projects. Read More »

Challenges of Small City Traffic Data Collection and Traffic Counts

February 24, 2011 by Cam Davies
The City of Farmington (Pop. 43,412) has approximately 80 signals, and they do traffic counts on a three-year rotation. Traffic counts are done to review signal timings, and to honor requests from their MPO, Community Development Planners, Police Department, City Council and citizens. The city decided to update their traffic count program with Miovision to assist their Traffic Technician with the time-consuming, and increasingly difficult, task of manually counting cars and pedestrians. Read More »