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first published week of: 11/21/2016
TomTom Traffic in the United Kingdom now includes relevant roadworks and traffic management information from Elgin. This collaboration ultimately enables drivers to reach their destinations more quickly and Highway Authorities and utility companies to monitor and respond to the impact of roadworks on road users in real-time.
We’re extremely enthusiastic about the ways that TomTom and Elgin’s combined real-time data feeds can be harnessed by transport authorities and contractors alike to proactively monitor and minimize traffic disruptions resulting from planned roadworks James Harris, Elgin’s Managing Director
Elgin, creators of roadworks.org, provides a comprehensive roadworks and traffic management communications hub, which also serves as the national roadworks database for England & Wales. The roadworks.org map is embedded within hundreds of local and national Authorities and the underlying data is widely disseminated through a variety of services.
“TomTom receives a detailed picture of current vehicle speeds and locations, reported by TomTom navigation systems and mobile applications, and this data is anonymized and fused with roadworks data from Elgin,” explains Anders Truelsen, Managing Director of TomTom’s Licensing Business Unit.
“By harnessing machine learning to improve the data’s quality, TomTom’s Traffic Fusion Engine creates a positive feedback loop and can discern whether, for example, scheduled roadworks reported to Elgin are causing traffic disruptions and whether these are occurring where they were planned to.”
This has the potential to revolutionize traffic management in the UK by enabling Traffic Managers and Works Promoters to truly assess the real-time impacts of their current works and to plan both roadworks and traffic management interventions more effectively.
“We’re extremely enthusiastic about the ways that TomTom and Elgin’s combined real-time data feeds can be harnessed by transport authorities and contractors alike to proactively monitor and minimize traffic disruptions resulting from planned roadworks,” adds James Harris, Elgin’s Managing Director. “We have worked closely with TomTom to ensure that this valuable data is made accessible through our respective data services.” continued…