WEBVTT 0 00:00:00.239 --> 00:00:01.639 We've got smartphones, 1 00:00:01.840 --> 00:00:02.440 smart cars, 2 00:00:02.640 --> 00:00:02.759 smart, 3 00:00:02.920 --> 00:00:03.279 almost everything, 4 00:00:03.519 --> 00:00:05.679 but do roads need to be smarter? 5 00:00:05.840 --> 00:00:09.859 One company is offering an AI-based solution to make improvements. 6 00:00:09.960 --> 00:00:13.239 News Twelve's Tom Krasnowski finds out more in today's toll. 7 00:00:15.970 --> 00:00:17.260 According to state police data, 8 00:00:17.430 --> 00:00:21.270 Middlesex County had the most traffic deaths of any New Jersey county last year. 9 00:00:21.479 --> 00:00:23.229 So many roadways come to a head here, 10 00:00:23.479 --> 00:00:28.159 including busy Route 11 company is offering an AI-focused software 11 00:00:28.479 --> 00:00:30.329 aimed at improving roadway safety. 12 00:00:30.760 --> 00:00:35.869 Our roadways are dumb and our cars are getting smarter and smarter every day. 13 00:00:36.049 --> 00:00:39.479 Why aren't we as a country leaning into this? 14 00:00:39.849 --> 00:00:43.060 And using AI to make things better. 15 00:00:43.180 --> 00:00:45.970 Charles Degliomini is an executive with Recourse Systems, 16 00:00:45.979 --> 00:00:48.500 a Maryland-based company with two main services, 17 00:00:48.619 --> 00:00:52.779 a system that gathers vehicle info for traffic studies without digging up roads. 18 00:00:53.069 --> 00:00:54.130 The way money 19 00:00:54.299 --> 00:00:56.740 is sent back from the federal government, 20 00:00:56.779 --> 00:00:58.389 the state governments and cities. 21 00:00:58.740 --> 00:00:58.750 It 22 00:00:58.889 --> 00:01:02.169 is based on the volume of traffic that's moving over their roadways. 23 00:01:02.290 --> 00:01:03.849 So they need that money for repairs, 24 00:01:03.889 --> 00:01:05.138 and they have to report 25 00:01:05.410 --> 00:01:06.489 accurate data. 26 00:01:06.769 --> 00:01:08.529 They haven't been able to do so because 27 00:01:08.529 --> 00:01:11.769 they're using antiquated technology and a management application, 28 00:01:11.879 --> 00:01:12.360 they say, 29 00:01:12.370 --> 00:01:14.760 can identify roadway issues as they happen, 30 00:01:14.889 --> 00:01:17.559 up to 23 minutes quicker than an emergency call. 31 00:01:17.650 --> 00:01:18.849 So if there's a missing camera, 32 00:01:18.889 --> 00:01:20.480 we can see through Bluetooth data, 33 00:01:20.489 --> 00:01:21.610 connected car data. 34 00:01:22.209 --> 00:01:22.410 Uh, 35 00:01:22.430 --> 00:01:24.230 weather data and other 36 00:01:24.529 --> 00:01:28.080 important inputs and help qualify and quantify 37 00:01:28.410 --> 00:01:30.389 what's happening with that crane on the roadway. 38 00:01:30.489 --> 00:01:32.730 Reco Systems has demonstrated its services to 39 00:01:32.730 --> 00:01:34.599 the New Jersey Department of Transportation. 40 00:01:34.809 --> 00:01:37.169 Its technology is already being used in Florida, 41 00:01:37.290 --> 00:01:38.010 South Carolina, 42 00:01:38.050 --> 00:01:38.800 and Texas. 43 00:01:39.129 --> 00:01:43.250 Degliomini says he understands potential privacy concerns and says the 44 00:01:43.250 --> 00:01:47.330 systems don't capture license plates and won't eliminate human jobs. 45 00:01:47.379 --> 00:01:49.660 Does it displace someone from. 46 00:01:50.389 --> 00:01:52.959 Digging up a roadway with a jackhammer, 47 00:01:53.209 --> 00:01:53.760 perhaps, 48 00:01:53.970 --> 00:01:59.120 but can that same person do an installation on a pole at the side of the roadway? 49 00:01:59.569 --> 00:01:59.690 Yeah, 50 00:01:59.849 --> 00:02:00.959 you bet he can. 51 00:02:00.989 --> 00:02:01.940 With the ultimate goal, 52 00:02:02.129 --> 00:02:05.180 safer roads and reducing the toll of your daily commute. 53 00:02:05.650 --> 00:02:06.449 Tom Krasnowski, 54 00:02:06.569 --> 00:02:07.169 News 12, 55 00:02:07.290 --> 00:02:07.769 New Jersey.