We've got smartphones,
smart cars,
smart,
almost everything,
but do roads need to be smarter?
One company is offering an AI-based solution to make improvements.
News Twelve's Tom Krasnowski finds out more in today's toll.
According to state police data,
Middlesex County had the most traffic deaths of any New Jersey county last year.
So many roadways come to a head here,
including busy Route 11 company is offering an AI-focused software
aimed at improving roadway safety.
Our roadways are dumb and our cars are getting smarter and smarter every day.
Why aren't we as a country leaning into this?
And using AI to make things better.
Charles Degliomini is an executive with Recourse Systems,
a Maryland-based company with two main services,
a system that gathers vehicle info for traffic studies without digging up roads.
The way money
is sent back from the federal government,
the state governments and cities.
It
is based on the volume of traffic that's moving over their roadways.
So they need that money for repairs,
and they have to report
accurate data.
They haven't been able to do so because
they're using antiquated technology and a management application,
they say,
can identify roadway issues as they happen,
up to 23 minutes quicker than an emergency call.
So if there's a missing camera,
we can see through Bluetooth data,
connected car data.
Uh,
weather data and other
important inputs and help qualify and quantify
what's happening with that crane on the roadway.
Reco Systems has demonstrated its services to
the New Jersey Department of Transportation.
Its technology is already being used in Florida,
South Carolina,
and Texas.
Degliomini says he understands potential privacy concerns and says the
systems don't capture license plates and won't eliminate human jobs.
Does it displace someone from.
Digging up a roadway with a jackhammer,
perhaps,
but can that same person do an installation on a pole at the side of the roadway?
Yeah,
you bet he can.
With the ultimate goal,
safer roads and reducing the toll of your daily commute.
Tom Krasnowski,
News 12,
New Jersey.