MPO Hires National Firm To Help Improve Mobility, Safety On Roads

TAMPA, FL -As the Hillsborough County Metropolitan Planning Organization enters its next decade of finding solutions to the county's transportation challenges, it will have a new resource at its side.

The MPO has selected the Iteris ClearGuide solution to improve safety and mobility throughout the county.

Based in Santa Ana, California, Iteris, Inc. is a global leader in applied informatics for transportation and agriculture.

With real-time and archived traffic data from HERE Technologies, the ClearGuide platform will provide Hillsborough County with contextual transportation analytics and data.

Under the terms of the agreement, the Hillsborough County MPO has access to a ClearGuide portal with features including dynamic maps to support detailed traffic analysis; features to help identify and mitigate congestion; animations to analyze events and optimize response plans; historical trend reports and congestion charts to track reliability and support planning; and easy analysis of major Hillsborough County roadways.

“As one of the most populous counties in the state, we are excited to be working with Iteris to improve the safety and efficiency of our highways and arterial roads,” said Johnny Wong, senior planner at the Hillsborough County MPO. “With both real-time and historical data from the ClearGuide platform, our planners will have access to actionable insights that will support operations and planning activities, as we continue our mission to improve the safety and performance of the county’s roadways.”

“It is our privilege to support Hillsborough County’s goal of improving the performance of its roadways, as well as the safety and quality of life of the traveling public,” said Scott Perley, vice president of transportation systems at Iteris. “With the implementation of the Iteris ClearGuide platform, Hillsborough County will be able to apply our cutting-edge mobility intelligence platform to make its roads safer and more efficient.”

Hillsborough County joins more than 20 government agencies and municipalities throughout North America that use the powerful transportation analytics capabilities of Iteris’ mobility intelligence platform to manage, measure and optimize complex transportation networks.