The technology developed by Bitcarrier represents a breakthrough in Advanced Traffic Information and Management Systems. Taking advantage of the proliferation of mobile devices, Bitcarrier’s cutting-edge technology allows for the implementation of a complex system to manage the ever more complicated urban traffic. And the unbeatable price of the solution is an opportunity for local authorities to make a small investment in a high value-added system that is rapidly amortized.

The city deploying Citysolver is making a decisive step towards the Smart city and is positioning itself as a pioneer in real-time traffic management.

The quality of the information provided by Citysolver and the speed at which is delivered to the local Traffic Management Centre (TMC) allows for a better, faster and more efficient decision-making in traffic management as well as for anticipation to congestion problems. Authorities can promptly respond to congestion situations and optimize traffic by taking actions such as diverting traffic to secondary arteries, adjusting phase positions and signal lights timing at road crosses and sending patrol officers to control and manage the situation, among others. Moreover, the results of the actions implemented can be checked instantly so that it is possible to assess their effectiveness and to use this information for planning purposes. Finally, with the implementation of the congestion and incident alerts, local authorities are able to predict and mitigate congestion.

Bitcarrier “urban” sensors only need AC power and GSM coverage to perform the process of data collection. There is no need to close streets to execute roadwork, so local authorities save time and money. The configuration of the sensors and the functionalities of the platform is easy and fast. The maintenance of the solution is also easy and very affordable.

Citysolver provides information on the origin-destination matrixes of 30% of travelers without threatening the travelers’ privacy.

Citysolver is an online solution easy to integrate with Traffic Management Centres (TMC) and complementary to other existing technologies (e.g. loops, cameras). Moreover, the information can be shown in different communication sources (web, mobile, message signs) so that local authorities can make it available for citizens.

With Citysolver, local authorities are able to know how are the city and its citizens moving and interacting with each other in real time: where there is congestion, how is rain or a sports event affecting traffic, in which area of the city there is need for more public transport, etc. It is about grasping the pulse of the city!

Traffic optimization is possible thanks to the real-time information and the congestion and incident alerts of Citysolver platform. The reduction of travel times and congestion is the direct effect of traffic optimization.

As there is less congestion in the city and traffic flows smoothly, less fuel is consumed and there are less greenhouse effect gases in the atmosphere. Therefore, the city makes a step forward in the environmental sustainability.

By displaying the information of travel times on message signs, on a website or even in mobile phones, local authorities are providing value-added information for citizens which is innovative, useful and reliable.