New traffic sensors installed

DENVER — The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has partnered with San Jose, Calf.-based SpeedInfo to improve traffic information in the Denver/Boulder metro area, including U.S. 36 and routes to the mountains.

The 75 new SpeedInfo solar-powered, Doppler radar sensors will provide information on traffic flow in both directions and feed this information wirelessly to CDOT’s traveler information Website, www.cotrip.org.

CDOT will use the technology to improve traffic information around construction zones as well as to empower drivers with near real-time information that helps reduce congestion on key routes.

SpeedInfo’s Doppler radar sensors are mounted on light or signage poles. Sensors are located approximately every mile and collect traffic speed information continuously. Sensors forward data to the SpeedInfo Traffic Data Server via the AT&T Wireless(R) data network with virtually no latency. SpeedInfo servers format the data for delivery to customers via the Internet.

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