ITS firm Q-Free has announced the release of Kinetic Weather, its latest module created as part of the company’s Kinetic Mobility platform, which enables weather-responsive traffic management by gathering and tracking data from weather stations on potentially unsafe roadway conditions.
The module alerts traffic managers in real-time about things like pavement conditions (ice, water temperature, etc.) rain, wind speed and direction, visibility, and more, and can also be configured to deliver automatic responses including lowered speed limits, VMS sign warnings, and alerts via the web or other public-facing applications.
According to Q-Free, Kinetic Weather enhances road safety by helping traffic professionals streamline and automate responses through the comprehensive Kinetic Mobility ATMS solution. Kinetic Mobility is a scalable ATMS platform that integrates all ITS devices into a single decision-making dashboard across freeway and arterial management, eliminating the need for patchwork solutions.
“Kinetic Weather is the perfect tool for any agency looking for an intuitive solution to stay ahead of dangerous weather conditions,” said Mark Talbot, Q-Free’s CEO. “We’re committed to providing cost-effective, flexible, and scalable solutions that make sense for the smallest agency dipping their toes into smart traffic management, to the largest department of transportation managing thousands of miles of roads.”
This summer, Q-Free’s Kinetic Mobility platform is hitting its stride with an awareness series of planned releases, instructional webinars, and deployments all under the headline, the “Summer of Kinetic.”
One recent success is the deployment of the Kinetic Mobility platform and its accompanying modules such as the core ATMS for the CV Sync project in California’s Coachella Valley, the largest and arguably most-watched smart region project in the US.
“We are thrilled to share the Summer of Kinetic with our customers, partners, and the industry as a whole,” added Talbot. “As mobility leaders, our goal is to elevate transportation around the globe and as advocates for open APIs, MIBs and standards, sharing the Kinetic Mobility story is part of that commitment.”
