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, [...]
KNOXVILLE, TN – Aldis, creator of the GridSmartTM solution for video vehicle detection and tracking, announced today that Ms. Andrea D. Jones has joined its management team as Director of Business Development for North America. Ms. Jones has 12 years of experience in intelligent traffic applications involving video detection, traffic controllers and cabinets, data collection [...]
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 [...]
Over the holiday break, the latest enhancement to GridSmart became a product…integrated reporting! Now available within GridSmart 3.1, for those customers with the optional GridSmart Data Module, integrated reporting is a reality! Turning Movement Volumes and Vehicle Classification by Length are available within a few simple clicks. Would you like a demonstration via webinar? Contact [...]
As you consider your resolutions for the upcoming year, reflect on this Swahili proverb. Resolutions are empty without action. Instead of thinking about doing something, start planning and taking actions to get where you want to be. You can apply this to many parts of your life, so why is this on the GridSmart blog?…because [...]
