Connected Signals, Inc.

Solving Traffic Lights for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles

Delivering mission-critical capabilities for intelligent vehicles

Connected Signals is the leading provider of real-time, predictive traffic signal information to connected, autonomous, and electric vehicles. This technology enables significant improvements in safety, fuel-economy, carbon-reduction, traffic-flow, and the driving experience. Our world-class technical team, (including PhDs and MSs covering machine learning, math, and AI) delivers ground-breaking algorithms with immediate practical applications ranging from traffic-signal state detection to vehicle speed control in order to minimize red-light arrivals.

We partner with transport­ation agencies to aggregate real-time traffic signal data using existing infra­structure and innovative methods, without the need for the prohibitively expensive equipment competing approaches require. Our proprietary technologies are based on statistics, machine learning, and AI and let us build sophisticated models for each signal. The models predict upcoming changes based on history, vehicle and pedestrian calls, and other data. We connect agencies signals to vehicles in weeks, not months or years, at virtually no cost to the agencies. Signal data is processed in the cloud and sent to connected vehicles and devices over the cellular network. Our data streams correlate signal state and driver location, offering added value to OEMs, drivers, advertisers, and local traffic agencies. Both government laboratories and major OEMs including BMW and Toyota estimate that this data can improve fuel efficiency and emissions by 8–15% and reduce red-light crashes by 25%.

Connected, Autonomous, and Electric Vehicles

Through our collaborations with automotive OEMs, Tier 1s, and other key players, we are developing exciting new applications for connected and autonomous vehicles. These applications include our deployment with BMW (https://tinyurl.com/zrwa79g), powertrain manage­ment opportunities, and green-wave speed recommendations. These applications are even more valuable for autonomous vehicles.

We have completed several proof-of-concept projects with OEMs, and are currently embarking on others, including collaborating with a Tier 1 to show how our data can be used to both extend range and improve range estimation for EVs. A recently awarded contract with a Southern California city will “close the loop”, letting transit vehicles with our technology receive priority by communicating back to municipal traffic signals.

Coverage

We currently receive signal data from approximately 16,500 intersections in over 100 municipalities in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe. Many additional intersections are in various stages from acquisition to deployment. We have the largest and fastest-growing coverage available, and our recent addition of Manhattan expanded our coverage to include three of the ten largest cities in the US.

Our patented V2If device, provided free to cities, is helping us expand our signal coverage across the US and abroad. One device can securely connect all of an agency’s signals, sending data outbound-only without adding load or requiring software installation on agency systems.