The U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently approved one.network’s Work Zone Data Exchange (WZDx) feed for deployment by transportation agencies.
one.network is a software company that provides platform-based real-time traffic management and event information. Its WZDx software uses data on work zones to help automated driving systems and drivers navigate more safely.
With FHWA authorization, the company will create free of charge a WZDx feed for any American agency that asks for it. It will include comprehensive data on planned work-zone activity. Each agency’s feed can have as many data streams as it requests.
GPS navigation apps will have access to the feeds, helping drivers avoid hazards.
Agencies will contribute to a national repository of work-zone information coordinated by FHWA.
“We believe in work zone information standardization and efficiency, and we’re putting our own equity behind it,” Adam Graham, one.network chief product officer, said. “In traffic management, sharing accurate and timely information with the widest possible audience is key. We have the technology to build these feeds and set them up for an agency within days, saving agencies the cost and effort to create their own feeds from scratch.”
one.network worked with FHWA’s WZDx team to ensure feeds will be compliant with program protocols.