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Mounted on Existing Traffic Signals, Award-Winning SmartCycle Bike Indicator Device Gives Bicyclists Confirmation of Detection for Safer, More Efficient Crossing
- SmartCycle Bike Indicator is mountable anywhere on the traffic signal
- First-of-its-kind device increases safety and reduces waiting time at intersections
- Helps to address growing bicyclist deaths by removing the need for dangerous roadside dismounting
- 2018 Business Intelligence Group Innovation Award winner
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Iteris Unveils Enhanced SmartCycle Technology With Bike Indicator Device That Enables Safer Intersection Crossing for Bicyclists.(Photo: Business Wire)
In addition to the company’s continued efforts to provide accurate
detection of bicycles at signalized intersections,
According to the most recent data from the
Since its initial release in 2013, SmartCycle has been the first detection solution to differentiate between bicycles and vehicles. By making this distinction and providing special outputs to the traffic controller, traffic engineers can alter signal timing to ensure that bicyclists are given sufficient green signal time to safely cross an intersection.
In
“Iteris has always invested in ensuring that our object detection
algorithms are world class,” says
“Safety, accessibility and peace of mind for people on bicycles are top
priorities for us,“ says
The new SmartCycle bicycle detection algorithms are available now from
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This release may contain forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof and are based upon our current expectations and the information available to us at this time. Words such as "believes," "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "seeks," "estimates," "may," “should,” “will,” "can," and variations of these words or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements about the enhancements to our SmartCycle technology release and the potential impact and capabilities of such new offering. Such statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that are difficult to predict, and actual results could differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statements as a result of various factors.
Important factors that may cause such a difference include, but are not
limited to, our ability to successfully roll out and gain broad market
acceptance for our enhancements to the SmartCycle technology offering;
our ability to deliver enhanced SmartCycle technology in a timely, easy
and efficient manner; ability of SmartCycle technology to improve safety
and traffic flow efficiencies at intersections; the potential impact of
product and service offerings from competitors and other competitive
pressures; the broad adoption of the new technology based solutions in
the transportation market; and the impact of general economic, political
and other conditions in the markets we address. Further information on
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