Weather & environmental monitoring for traffic management

Weather & environmental monitoring for traffic management

Comprehensive, real-time road network awareness for highways and urban areas.

Optimize traffic flows with weather awareness and data analysis

Vaisala Weather & Environmental Monitoring for Traffic Management gives road authorities, cities and traffic management system integrators the tools they need for comprehensive, real-time awareness of their road networks — in any season or situation. The world’s best sensors for weather and roads condition ensure unmatched accuracy and reliability.

Whether informing drivers of ice on the roadway or providing environmental sensing data to smart city systems, traffic management solutions are only as good as the data they use. That’s why many customers and integrators come to Vaisala first to build their solution. In these cases, we often partner with other leading experts for traffic management and data analysis — turning observations and data into scalable, full-stack solutions that can be customized to any situation or locale.

Tailored to your needs, Weather & Environmental Monitoring for Traffic Management serves a wide range of applications such as:

  • Variable message signs, such as warnings for high winds, poor visibility and dynamic speed controls
  • Environmental traffic management, such as understanding dependencies between traffic, weather and air quality
  • Traffic strategy models​, including prevailing and predicted weather and traffic information
  • Adaptive traffic light signaling based on weather or air quality
  • Weather data for regional traffic management centers
Safer driving through low visibility

Case: Safer driving through low visibility

How the Arizona Department of Transportation created an automated speed limit system based on Vaisala PWD visibility sensors — the first of its kind in the United State.

Reimagining cleaner, smoother, local transportation

Case: Reimagining cleaner, smoother, local transportation

The West Midlands is the second largest region in the United Kingdom, where nearly six million residents live and work. In this geographically diverse area, Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) has embarked on a journey that will change the way residents and others see and use local transportation.

Products & solutions

Snowy, winter driving conditions

Winter Road Maintenance

Meet the demands of winter road maintenance with data and insights so you can act fast. Conserve resources, improve efficiency and proactivity, and achieve greater safety in icy and snowy conditions.
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Ready to see how Weather & Environmental Monitoring for Traffic Management can be put to work for you? We’re here to help! Please contact us and our industry experts will be in touch quickly to discuss your weather and environmental monitoring challenges.

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