California-based intelligent connected traffic technology company LYT is integrating its smart traffic technology into the Fremont Boulevard Safe & Smart Corridor project.

Average daily traffic volumes on Fremont Boulevard range between 25,000 and 40,000 vehicles per day and was identified as a safety priority street in Fremont’s Vision Zero Action Plan. LYT’s EVP emergency vehicle pre-emption technology can move emergency vehicles and first responders through these heavily-used intersections faster, more safely and intelligently.

The EVP is said to produce a consistent and reliable green light for every emergency vehicle more affordably than other products on the market. It harnesses the power of a single secure edge device installed in traffic management centres that enables emergency vehicles to speak directly to networked traffic signals in cities through the LYT cloud platform.

LYT is operating at eight signals along the Fremont Boulevard corridor for the first installation and will expand to 37 intersections along the corridor at the completion of the project in autumn 2022. The project also includes a five-year service agreement that includes automatic system and security updates, dedicated technical support, and training.

“Modernising the city of Fremont’s traffic infrastructure with LYT smart traffic technology will greatly serve community members and help to save lives,” said Timothy Menard, CEO of LYT. “Similar cities where LYT is deployed have experienced up to 18.6% faster response times for code-three emergencies and 69.2% for code-two emergencies. The city of Fremont making this investment will help protect their community.”

Eric Hu, principal transportation engineer at the city of Fremont, added: “Safety is a major priority along the Fremont Boulevard corridor, and implementing LYT’s EVP will ensure fast and reliable response time for the city’s emergency first responders while improving overall safety for other motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists navigating through the various signalised intersections. The smart EVP technologies we’re deploying across this corridor will allow the various traffic signals to respond to approaching emergency response vehicles at much greater distances, thereby allowing crossing motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians to clear the intersections ahead of time.”

The Fremont Boulevard Safe & Smart Corridor project aims to demonstrate complete street design concepts, sensor-based infrastructure, communications systems, smart lighting, traffic signal modernisation, and connected vehicles, infrastructure and devices to achieve traffic congestion management, traffic calming, bicycle and pedestrian detection, and safety objectives for the corridor. The project supports the goals and actions identified by the city’s Vision Zero Action Plan, Mobility Action Plan and Climate Action Plan, which aim to promote alternative transportation mobility, improve traffic flow and eliminate fatal and serious crashes.

LYT is an intelligent connected traffic technology provider that offers a cloud-based platform that orchestrates intelligent transportation systems. Its AI-powered machine-learning technology enables a suite of transit signal priority and emergency vehicle pre-emption services that use pre-existing vehicle tracking sensors and city communication networks to adjust dynamically the phase and timing of traffic signals to provide sufficient green clearance time with little impact on cross traffic.

LYT is headquartered in Silicon Valley and serves municipalities across the USA.