German company Yunex Traffic has launched a cloud-based traffic management platform in the USA.

Called Yutraffic Studio, it was designed after many conversations with Yunex’s current and prospective customers, incorporating lessons learned in the field, and in direct response to their daily needs.

Studio was created to manage traffic issues quickly, effectively, reliably and safely with planning, monitoring and optimisation tools. It is the crown jewel of the Yutraffic suite, built to address transportation management problems today, but ready to meet the evolving traffic needs of tomorrow.

Yunex engineers designed Studio to ingest massive amounts of local and third-party data, including information directly from connected vehicles. Real-time data from connected vehicles are quickly becoming the most comprehensive and reliable source of timely information, with significant and expanding potential for the future.

The platform also offers users digital-twin and predictive capabilities when users upgrade with Yutraffic Insights intersection optimisation analytics and Aimsun’s simulation and predictive forecasting engine.

With global insight from Yunex Traffic users, Studio looks at mobility through a new lens.

“The question is no longer how much traffic can we push through a specific corridor, it’s how do we want to use that corridor, and which modes of mobility do we want to use,” said Michael Gaertner, head of products and systems for Yunex Traffic in the USA. “Whether you want to address traditional vehicles, pedestrians, cyclists, transit or all of them, Studio answers those questions.”

Yutraffic Studio will be offered as software-as-a-Service (SaaS), future-proofing users who plan to expand their networks as transportation technology and local needs evolve. The platform is also modular so agencies can add monitoring or analysis capabilities as they need it.

“This is the ultimate in scalability,” said Gaertner. “It’s perfect for small agencies who don’t want to get left behind, and large agencies who want the most comprehensive data and analytical capability today.”

He expects input from customers will continue to influence Studio as it evolves.

“Incorporating lessons learned is not a one-time thing,” he said. “We will continue to talk with our clients to make sure Yutraffic Studio is growing with them, to always meet their needs.”

To navigate the complexities of cyber security, Yutraffic Studio provides security protection including dual authentication protocols, while offering access whenever and wherever it is needed by users. Traffic managers can access Studio from desktops at a traffic management centre or remotely through an iPad or similar device.

“This level of sophisticated technology requires equally sophisticated cyber protection,” said Gaertner.

As part of the development strategy, current users, many of whom participated in research to develop Studio, will have a direct path to upgrade from existing Yunex Traffic products to the platform.

Yunex Traffic (www.yunextraffic.com) is a separately managed company of the Mundys Group. It offers an end-to-end portfolio for adaptive traffic control and management, highway and tunnel automation, as well as smart products for V2X and road user charging and tolling. The Munich-based firm has 3100 employees from 58 nations and is active in more than 40 countries worldwide. Its intelligent mobility is being used in major cities including Dubai, London, Berlin, Bogota and Miami.