Smart technologies and emerging trends are presenting challenges and opportunities for transportation authorities to enhance infrastructure efficiency and improve safety. This is how S. L. King Technologies works with cross-functional teams to pave the way for efficient and intelligent roads and highways.
Smart Transportation and Intelligent Infrastructure
- Intelligent transportation infrastructure initiatives are transforming roads and highways around the world. As transportation agencies look to improve traffic flow, reduce congestion, and enhance overall road safety, smart technologies like cloud computing, wireless communication, and location-based services are becoming increasingly important. The IT experts at S. L. King Technologies work with authorities to streamline traffic management, optimize road capacity, and improve safety using innovative technologies for real-time traffic monitoring, signaling control, vehicle-to-infrastructure communication, and other advanced and integrated functions.
Asset Lifecycle Management
- With many roads and highways unable to meet capacity at the required quality and limited budgets for improvements, transportation agencies must balance investment, performance, and risk while maintaining the integrity and resilience of their assets. Without a predictive maintenance strategy and supporting total productive asset management programs, there is not an effective way to prolong the lifespan of roads, minimize repair costs, and ensure safer driving conditions for the public. At S. L. King Technologies, we enable authorities to efficiently monitor and maintain road assets by developing specific asset management plans and implementing best practices for asset management across all departments.
Sustainability and Resilience
- While roads and highways are impacted by extreme temperatures and weather events, they play an important role in building resilience to climate change. As pressure mounts to reduce carbon emissions, enhance environmental sustainability, and improve infrastructure resilience, authorities need a strategic asset management plan and target operating model designed to limit road maintenance needs, minimize environmental impact, and achieve the longest possible life for infrastructure.
Mobility as a Service (MaaS)
- Integrated and seamless multi-modal transportation solutions are gaining popularity around the world. As an alternative to owning and operating a vehicle, travelers are looking for transport options when and where they require them. At S. L. King Technologies, we work closely with transportation agencies to implement information technologies and data management practices that support collaboration with other transportation modes for smoother connections among public transport systems, shared mobility services, and roads and highways.
Data-Driven Decision Making
- To maintain vast networks of roads and highways, transportation agencies are leveraging Big Data. With strategic data management practices and data analytics, organizations can collect, manage, and analyze data to identify potential risks, eliminate cost overruns, plan for delays, and minimize waste. At S. L. King Technologies, we work closely with transportation agencies to deliver valuable insights that empower teams to identify trends, predict traffic patterns, optimize infrastructure planning, and make informed decisions for road network efficiency and improvement.
Autonomous and Connected Vehicles
- The emergence of autonomous and connected vehicles presents new opportunities and challenges for roads and highways. To enable smooth interactions between vehicles and roads and ensure safe and efficient autonomous driving experiences, transportation authorities must start thinking about intelligent infrastructures packed with superspeed fiber and sensor networks, IoT devices, and facilities for safe public Wi-Fi. At S. L. King Technologies, we work closely with organizations to prepare their networks for the integration of autonomous and connected vehicles and implement information technologies that support intelligent infrastructures.
Funding and Financial Constraints
- Roads and highways are frequently underfunded, leaving transportation agencies challenged with managing the financial and human resources required to maintain, operate, and improve road networks. By enhancing cost-effectiveness and operational efficiency, road administrators can optimize asset utilization and make the most effective use of their limited resources. At S. L. King Technologies, we pave the way for business transformation by working with transportation authorities to optimize resource allocation, prioritize projects, and improve financial performance through asset management planning.
