The Transportation program here in the United States is in dire need of overhaul.  After years of procrastination, the House and Senate now appear to be pushing for change to shore up the nation’s aging transportation system.  As we’ve discussed earlier in the blog, the House and Senate each have their own Bills which offer [...]

GridSmart has quite a presence down under.  Installed for two years in three locations as part of an evaluation with VicRoads, GridSmart is proving itself to be a viable alternative to inductive loops. Watch a recent media story on YouTube, and stay tuned for a full story later in the month, along with editorial in [...]

The House bill was unanimously approved by the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee last Friday.  As a reminder, this is a five-year, $260 billion bill to fund federal highway, transit and safety programs.  The bill consolidates almost 70 existing programs, along with earmarks, and provides more empowerment for the States relative to project approvals and deadlines. [...]

Aldis has the great privilege of having Former Secretary of Transportation, Mary Peters, on its Board of Directors.  Secretary Peters is one of the most recognized policy leaders and forward thinkers in the transportation industry.  In her 25 years in transportation and public policy, she has chartered infrastructure innovation from both the public and private sectors. [...]

Keeping with the theme of video for the week, I wanted to share another news story with you.  This is one of the very first GridSmart installations in Sevierville, Tennessee.  As I have blogged in the past, and as you have probably read in the Case Study, Sevierville deployed GridSmart to manage the nearly 13 [...]

GridSmart has just completed a two-year trial in Australia with “remarkable results”. Why read my boring blog when you can watch the story?

There are just a couple of months left until the current extension of the SAFETEA-LU transportation bill expires. Will we see another extension, or will we actually see something new? Larry Ehl, of Transportation Issues Daily, does an excellent job of summarizing the three political challenges to enacting new legislation – how long, how big, [...]

Reading a story last week on dangerous intersections, I saw that many of the engineers consistently referenced curves coming into the intersection, or high speeds on certain approaches as contributing factors for the high numbers of accidents. So, how does GridSmart help?  I’ll ask you to watch this short video and notice a few things: We [...]

In today’s tough economic environment here in the United States, there is a lot of talk about “Buy American“. Headquartered in Tennessee, Aldis is engineered and manufactured in the United States, satisfying any Buy American provisions that may be requirements for certain projects. Save American jobs and buy GridSmart!

I read a news story this morning and couldn’t help but think to myself that these people need to know more about GridSmart. This is a job for GridSmart.  It reminds me of a success story of ours in Sevierville, TN – an extremely congested intersection undergoing a federally funded road-widening project.  In this project [...]