VIMOC Technologies, a leader in Vision-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions has deployed their popular Crosswalk Safety solution at Sacramento State (California State University, Sacramento) to increase pedestrian and bicycle safety.
VIMOC’s Rosella™ Platform has helped the University reduce near misses involving pedestrian and bicycles at a campus crosswalk historically challenged by nighttime lighting conditions and speeding drivers.
Each year pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities in the US comprise about 16 percent of all traffic fatalities with approximately 5,000 pedestrian deaths and 800 bicyclist deaths.
Another 65,000 pedestrians and 48,000 bicyclists are injured in roadway crashes annually.
The advent of intelligent, vision-based platforms that inform the infrastructure about the presence and status of vehicles, pedestrians and bicyclists will be one of the core foundations of traffic safety in the future.
(See an overview of VIMOC’s Rosella™ Platform for vehicle parking, crosswalk safety & more. Courtesy of VIMOC Technologies and YouTube. Posted on Nov 13, 2017.)
Public acceptance of automated and autonomous vehicles on a large scale basis will not happen until pedestrian and bicycle safety issues are adequately addressed.
Sacramento State has been at the forefront of providing safe paths to pedestrians and bicycles.
As a large campus with a daily population of 35,000 people, pedestrian and bicycle safety is critical to the day-to-day transportation management in the campus.
“The Hornet crosswalk has been an area of concern for pedestrians and bicycles with several near misses reported,” said Tony Lucas, Senior Director of Sacramento State’s Transportation and Parking Services.
“Identifying the right technology solution to increase safety was critical for us.”
In partnership with VIMOC, Sacramento State has implemented a real-time, highly accurate AI-enabled Crosswalk Safety solution with traffic signage and lighting provided by xWalk.
VIMOC’s Crosswalk Safety solution detects and classifies pedestrian and/or bicycles as they approach the crosswalk, automatically triggering flashing lights (from xWalk) on a traffic sign and pavement warning vehicles to slow down or stop.
Additionally, the system is constantly sending data to the VIMOC cloud, enabling University transportation operators to visually analyze crosswalk usage, pedestrian and bicycle numbers and traffic patterns to better understand their environment.
“VIMOC’s Artificial Intelligence enabled crosswalk safety solution helped us eliminate near misses and created a safer crosswalk and dynamic situation awareness for drivers,” added Lucas.
