Aldis continues to expand and see more customers in more places adopt GridSmart as the vehicle detection system of choice.  Now located in 14 countries, GridSmart is quickly gaining ground with its advanced feature set and attractive cost of ownership. Most recently, GridSmart has been deployed in Sao Paulo, Brazil for an evaluation of its [...]

Take one minute of your time to watch a short (yes, one minute) demonstration of the recently released GridSmart Data Module. Why do we only need one minute? Because it really is that easy.           GridSmart Data Module 1 Minute Demo Let us make your life this easy – don’t wait…just [...]

A friend of mine pointed out to me a quote from writer/comedian Steven Wright, “The universe is expanding. That should help ease the traffic.” Of course, no one takes this seriously as we realize he is only doing his job and making people laugh as he does so well with his deadpan monotone sarcasm. But, [...]

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, [...]