A Chicagoland First: Flashing Yellow Arrow Turn Signals Motorists will see something new as they venture west from Chicago to the Fox Valley suburbs. In 2015, Kane County became the first agency in northern Illinois to install flashing yellow arrow signals for conveying permissive left turns. “National safety data shows that flashing yellow arrows are
Give Better Intersection Management Control We’re excited to see our customers moving towards the next generation of intersection management. The new Siemens M60 ATC controller and Linux upgrade kits allow customers to move up to the latest Advanced Transportation Controller (ATC) Standards. This gives traffic engineers in all sizes of municipalities the ability to make
Traffic specialists often speak with us about traffic flow challenges that are seemingly timeless. You’ve got a newly-paved corridor and new traffic signals. So why would the motoring public not be completely thrilled? The answer lies in an age-old problem: will the arterial green be long enough to move the heavy traffic? Will the arterial
When it comes to helping transportation agencies and contractors get more from their infrastructure, Brent Katauskas is always looking for new ways to improve traffic control hardware. This is particularly important as customers implement Intelligent Transportation Systems and gain access to the immense amount of data found in a network. Brent has spent the last
Steve Mixson likes making the complex – well, simple. As a MoboTrex ITS/ATMS Technician, Steve frequently breaks a blueprint into bite-size pieces. Having the entire customer team understand the project process is important for its success, he says. Steve got started in this industry with MoboTrex in 2008 and is one of five technicians on