Free Business Concepts and Ideas

Series of wireless sensors connected to traffic lights with centralized control system

a. Sensors connect to existing stoplight control mechanisms at intersections

b. Wireless communication between sensors at intersections to disperse commands from control nodes, controlled by the central control system

c. Municipalities would install sensors at all necessary traffic lights

d. Service contract could be established to manage a municipality’s traffic system (municipality could also run system from local secure location)

e. System would have a variety of traffic algorithms for automated control of lights, coupled with visual monitoring systems for active traffic management

f. Expensive initial investment, but much of the product hardware can be sourced relatively inexpensively and the software can continue to be refined and improved to manage all types of traffic scenarios and local conditions

Why it will work: traffic control is a near crisis in most small, medium and large cities; takes the expensive burden of traffic control out of the hands of inexperienced municipalities; greatly improves traffic efficiency without significant construction expense; saves millions of dollars in lost productivity in even small cities (such as Lexington) that are caused by continuous traffic delays; once one municipality can be brought online and efficiencies are proven, many more will follow to create a potentially very large market for product and service