Case Study – Miovision’s Rental Plan in Action

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HDR Corporation (HDR | iTRANS) is a leading consulting firm specializing in transportation planning, transit planning, transportation safety and traffic engineering. HDR | iTRANS has developed a reputation for quality work, innovative applications, and a commitment to delivering winning solutions to complex situations.

Scenario

As part of a larger project, HDR | iTRANS won a signal retiming and coordination improvement project for Thickwood Boulevard and Confederation Way, two arterial roads for the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in Alberta, Canada. To accomplish the signal retiming portion of the project HDR | iTRANS required up-to-date and accurate turning movement counts at 15 intersections.

Challenges

There were several challenges faced on this project. The first major challenge was the distance between the survey sites and the HDR iTRANS office coordinating the project. The study was taking place in Fort McMurray, Alberta while the HDR | iTRANS office was located 2650 km (1650 miles) away in Richmond Hill, Ontario.

The second challenge was the timeline. The project was started in the late fall and it was a requirement to have the data and retiming done before winter weather affected the traffic flow. To find, hire, and train data collectors before this deadline would have taken a significant amount of time and management effort.

Finally, there was a requirement for 14 hour counting periods. Counts this long would have put a single counter under considerable strain or required the training, hiring, and coordination of twice as many staff. With either option, long manual counts put data accuracy at risk.

Solution

Based on past experience with Miovision’s system for Automated Turning Movement Counts, HDR | iTRANS knew that Miovision was an ideal solution for this project.

With Miovision’s Rental program, HDR | iTRANS was able to rent the 4 Video Collection Units (VCUs) needed and had them shipped directly to the clients location. The system is easy enough to use that city staff were quickly trained on how to deploy the VCU to collect video and upload the video to Miovision. Thanks to Miovision’s TrafficDataOnline portal, HDR | iTRANS was able access the traffic data directly from their office.

The Miovision VCU can record for up to 24 hours with the built-in battery and up to 72 hours with the optional power pack. This allowed HDR | iTRANS to easily do 14 hour counts
without worrying about fatigued counters, shift changes, or data accuracy. Miovision is able to provide consistent and verifiably accurate turning movement counts over long counting periods.

Additionally, by renting the equipment HDR | iTRANS was able to not only augment their counting capabilities they were able to easily pass on all costs to the client.

Results

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Miovision was able to help HDR | iTRANS complete this signal retiming project on time and on budget. Miovision addressed the challenges of this project by providing:

• A simplified data collection process
• Accurate data that is accessible from anywhere
• A cost-effective solution to turning movement count studies
• Flexible capacity with the Rental Program
• Fast turn around on data

In the end both HDR | iTRANS and Wood Buffalo were pleased with the results delivered by the system.

Miovision’s Rental Program

Miovision’s Rental Program allows you perform automated turning movement counts while only having equipment when and where you need it. Miovision provides accurate and verifyable data with a simple and cost-effective automated process.

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