bitsensing partners with the City Of Verona and FAMAS SYSTEMS to establish advanced Traffic Control System at iconic Porta Nuova intersection

bitsensing partners with the City Of Verona and FAMAS SYSTEMS to establish advanced Traffic Control System at iconic Porta Nuova intersection

• Porta Nuova is the historic gateway of Verona, an Italian city with over 700,000 inhabitants
• Pioneering smart cities project sees installation of state-of-the-art sensors and data collection systems to cut down on traffic congestion and improve road safety for all

Verona, Italy / Seoul, South Korea, 9 October, 2024 – bitsensing, a leading provider of advanced radar solutions, today announced the successful installation and activation of advanced traffic sensors at Porta Nuova, the historic gateway to the Italian city of Verona. The first-of-its-kind project is in partnership with the City Of Verona (Comune di Verona) and FAMAS SYSTEMS, specializing in technologies for intelligent mobility, road safety, environment and meteorology.

It is also a part of the K-City Network Project by the Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport, aimed at creating smarter cities worldwide, through partnerships with South Korean-based technology companies like bitsensing and was launched in 2020. This year, six international pilot projects, including Verona, were chosen through an open competition and other countries involved include the United States, Indonesia, Vietnam and more.

Bringing A Big Data Traffic Solution To Porta Nuova

Porta Nuova is the iconic heart of Verona, which has a population of over 700,000 inhabitants across its metropolitan area. Built between 1532 and 1540, it was designed by architect Michele Sanmicheli.

It is also a critical road intersection that is the main artery of the city. The intersection itself is complex, having five entrance lanes and six exit lanes that branch out in all different directions and can face considerable traffic congestion.

This project, completed over the summer, now provides unprecedented data and insights into traffic patterns to Verona’s traffic management team and city planners. It enables the City Of Verona to make data-driven decisions and actions on how best to ease traffic congestion and also improve road safety in this busy area.

Porta Nuova ITS Traffic Control System - How It Works

bitsensing and its partners installed ten Traffic Insight Monitoring Sensors (TIMOS). This device is bitsensing’s all-in-one traffic sensor that integrates an AI computing device into an intelligent transport system (ITS) Traffic Control System. These sensors collect data and transmit it to an operations center supported by local servers.

Information collected includes traffic volume, queue length, turning movements, vehicle classification, and traffic flow patterns. With the establishment of this comprehensive traffic analysis solution, the data is visualized and presented by bitsensing’s TraXight software through its interactive dashboard. For the operators at the City Of Verona, it provides actionable insights to alleviate congestion and ultimately make roads safer in the area.

“The city of Verona takes part in the K-Smart City Network project thanks to the project developed together with the company FAMAS SYSTEM of Trento,” said Tommaso Ferrari Councilor for the municipality of Verona for Ecological transition, Environment, Mobility, Relations with the Council, Three-year Public Works Plan, Coordination of Public Works and Complex Projects, Civil Construction. “From the K-Smart City network project, we expect a real-time analysis of traffic flows. Not only to know the traffic flows at individual intersections, but also the percentages of turns of individual maneuvers. This is a support tool that allows us to better calibrate decisions to calibrate traffic light centralization.”

“The City of Verona is highly proactive in adopting new ITS technologies,” said Young-Joong Yoon, Director of the Urban Economy Division at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Republic of Korea. “I sincerely hope that the ITS traffic control system being piloted will contribute to the development of Verona as a smart city and help address its traffic issues. Also, I hope that the K-City Network project, in partnership with the City of Verona, will serve as a valuable opportunity to strengthen cooperation between Korea and Italy in the field of smart cities.”

“We were delighted to work in close collaboration with our fantastic partners at Comune di Verona and FAMAS SYSTEMS to activate this ITS Traffic Control System,” said Dr. Jae-Eun Lee, CEO of bitsensing. “I would also like to thank the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport for organizing such a fantastic project. Easing congestion and enhancing road safety at such a world-renowned site like Porta Nuova aligns perfectly with bitsensing’s mission to ‘Bring Radar Everywhere’ and we look forward to successfully continuing this project with our partners.”

bitsensing’s TIMOS solution is also currently used at South Korea’s Nonsan-Cheonan Expressway, an 81 km (50 miles), dual two-lane toll expressway.  This project marks the latest milestone for industry-leader, bitsensing, following on from securing a $25m Series B funding round in June 2024. In September, the company was also selected for Forbes’ Asia 100 To Watch list.