Cities all across North America are discovering the power of cloud-based transit priority and preemption solutions. LYT is leading the way by combining these solutions with the power of machine learning and artificial intelligence. Learn how some of our customers are finding success by unlocking the potential of open-architecture cloud-based technology in their cities today.
Elk Grove Fire Department Achieves 154% Faster Response with Cloud-Based Preemption. The City of Elk Grove, California, is one of the fastest-growing cities in the state, with a population approaching 180,000 residents. As the community expanded, so did traffic congestion, creating increasing challenges for the Cosumnes Fire Department, which responded to over 24,000 incidents in…
MBTA’s Jay Jackson talks to WBUR about the benefits of transit signal priority and how LYT.transit has reduced red light delay by 21% on the three intersection pilot. Listen to hear more on the project. Learn more about MBTA’s success with LYT with their success story here.
City of Boston and MBTA partner with LYT and CTI to implement LYT.transit in order to reduce travel time during peak hours by 27%. View Success Story Challenges: Customized ATMS System Limiting Interoperability Challenges associated with adapting to new technology quickly Increasingly populous area with a historic landscape Previous TSP solutions purchased have not provided…
Tempe Fire Department implemented LYT.emergency to improve the safety at intersections. We visited the Tempe Fire Department to see first hand how the streets of Tempe, Arizona are benefitting from LYT.emergency. Tempe Fire’s Firefighter Noe Salazar shared just how much our solution is a game changer for the area based on his first hand experience…
Fremont Fire Department had difficulty getting across a main part of town quickly, so they looked to LYT.emergency to improve response times by 62% We visited the Fremont Fire Department in Fremont, California to learn more about how LYT.emergency has helped their response times and safety. Fremont Fire’s Battalion Chief Kyle Adams shared just how…
Listen to hear how the VTA and the City of San Jose have benefited from LYT.transit and the Travel Analytics Portal We sat down with Ho Nyugen, City of San Jose ITS Manager, and Eric Lee, City of San Jose Associate Engineer, to learn more about how they have seen LYT.transit and the Travel Analytics…
As the fourth largest city in the Bay Area and home to major companies like Tesla, Fremont has grown rapidly over the last five decades. Initially five separate cities joined as one; Fremont’s envious location in the Bay Area makes it ground zero for population growth. But with that growth came lots of traffic congestion.…
Many know Folsom, Calif., from the old Johnny Cash song “Folsom Prison Blues.” But the suburban town just east of Sacramento also faces challenges with a growing population and traffic congestion. The consequence of which has been delayed emergency response times. With only two main thoroughfares through town, traffic builds up in many areas that,…
San José, Calif., the Capital of Silicon Valley, has long been home to technology innovators, such as Intel, Adobe, and Western Digital. But the city’s transit infrastructure has often taken a back seat to the its car-centric design, leading to a frustrating experience for transit riders on their bus and light rail systems. The Valley…
The city that’s the home to counter-culture, the legendary Powell Books, and the famous Blue Star Donuts also plays host to one of the most technically advanced bus routes in the world. The FX-2 (Frequent Express) high-capacity bus service from TriMet carries over 10,000 riders a day between downtown Portland, Ore. (Division Street, SE Portland)…
In the heart of Silicon Valley lies the culturally diverse and heavily populated area of East San Jose. Its residents are heavy users of transit, but have traditionally faced slow moving buses due to traffic signal coordination that wasn’t optimized. The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), in partnership with the City of San José,…
The city of East Palo Alto is located about 30 miles south of San Francisco, in the heart of the fast-growing Silicon Valley. Through explosive population growth and lack of affordable housing, area roadways have become extremely congested with commuter traffic, slowing down transit buses and increasing travel delays across the board. Compounding the problem…
For decades, emergency vehicles in the Sacramento, Calif. suburb of Rancho Cordova struggled to reach incidents scenes along a notoriously congest main boulevard through town. Despite having a competitor’s optical-based hardware preemption system in place, first responders struggled to get through intersections, until the local fire agency and city engineers chose to pilot LYT’s next-generation,…