Ouster BlueCity Expanding to Over 100 Intersections in Utah to Improve Roadway Safety and Congestion
- Econolite awarded expanded contract from Utah Department of Transportation to further deploy Ouster BlueCity following success of initial deployment at over a dozen intersections
Ouster BlueCity traffic management solution
The expansion award follows a real-world assessment of available detection systems, the success of an initial deployment at over a dozen intersections earlier this year, and a five-year contract between Econolite and UDOT to equip street corners with a dynamic lidar-based detection system. Ouster BlueCity integrates seamlessly with UDOT’s existing traffic signal system, including Econolite Cobalt® traffic signal controllers and EOS firmware, offering dynamic traffic signal interventions that improve safety for vehicles, cyclists, and pedestrians. Econolite plans to expand the solution to intersections and roadways across
Ouster Blue City combines 3D digital lidar with perception software for real-time, multimodal traffic signal actuation and analytics, improving safety and efficiency while protecting the community’s privacy. Ouster’s proprietary deep learning AI has been trained on 4 million labeled objects collected from sites encompassing diverse traffic patterns, intersection designs, and environmental conditions, boosting detection accuracy and safety across hundreds of roadways. Leveraging NVIDIA’s high-performance accelerated computing technology, Ouster BlueCity processes vast amounts of 3D lidar data, delivering low-latency object detection, classification, and tracking to improve signal timings and reduce congestion, as well as to support V2X communications and other use-cases such as near-miss detection and wrong-way driving.
“The rapid expansion of Ouster BlueCity across
“Econolite is proud to be a long-time UDOT partner in helping modernize Utah’s transportation infrastructure,� said Jim Madden, Econolite Vice President of
Ouster BlueCity is the first lidar traffic solution to be with Buy America(n) compliant lidar as a detection system for traffic actuation. Ouster’s digital lidar is also NDAA compliant. For more information, visit: .
About Econolite � Part of Umovity
Econolite is the North American market leader in intelligent traffic management solutions with over 92 years of experience. Econolite has provided more than 160,000 traffic controllers deployed at over 60,000 intersections. Its leading traffic management software has been installed by more than 500 agencies across
About Ouster
Ouster (Nasdaq: OUST) is a global leader in high-performance lidar sensors and intelligent software solutions that bring Physical AI to life across the automotive, industrial, robotics, and smart infrastructure sectors. Ouster’s technology delivers performance, reliability, and affordability to accelerate the adoption of autonomous systems at scale and drive meaningful improvements in safety, efficiency and sustainability. Ouster is headquartered in
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