Curb Analytics Launched By @INRIX
INRIX, Inc., a global leader in transportation data and analytics, has unveiled a new cloud-based analytics tool to manage curbspace more effectively and efficiently.
INRIX IQ Curb Analytics digitizes and visualizes the curbside to help cities maximize accessibility, availability, revenue, and safety for people driving, walking, and riding on micromobility devices. The City of Portland’s Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) will be the first public agencies in the world to use Curb Analytics as part of their federally funded SMART grant projects implementing a Zero Emissions Delivery Zone (Portland) and the first publicly available citywide digital curb regulation and asset inventory (San Francisco).
Most land managed by cities is comprised of the public right of way, and one of its most undervalued resources is the curb. Post-COVID consumer trends have only increased the competing uses for the curb, from food delivery to ride hail to e-commerce to the burgeoning applications of micromobility corrals.
“Whether curbs are being used for parking, deliveries, ride hail, outdoor dining, bike lanes, bus lanes, or countless other utilizations, they’ve become one of the most valuable real estate assets managed by cities,” said Ahmed Darrat, Chief Product Officer at INRIX. “Curbs are complex entities that require meticulous planning to maximize their use. Curb Analytics leverages INRIX’s robust datasets across traffic, incident, parking, and safety to provide a comprehensive digital view of curb usage in cities across the U.S. and Europe.”
INRIX IQ Curb Analytics provides:
- Visibility into Curb Space – Curb Analytics presents a visualization of curbside and off-street parking inventory in over 125 cities globally, fully digitized out-of-the-box. With unsurpassed demand and availability data covering real-time and historical applications, Curb Analytics helps city staff allocate curb space to best serve local communities, businesses, and public resources.
- Enhance Urban Mobility – Curb Analytics empowers city staff to take a data-driven approach to parking and curbside management by ensuring policies best meet availability goals to reduce localized congestion. Curbs API can communicate both real-time and predicted availability to guide drivers to areas with the best chance of finding a parking or loading space.
- Public-Private Ecosystem – The underlining datasets are already being consumed by numerous fleet operators such as ride hail, freight delivery, and food delivery companies. Since the data is collected and processed in near-real time, Curb Analytics is an out-of-the-box tool that doesn’t require additional maintenance cost for agency staff or consultants.
“Curb Analytics will help us jump start our Digital Curb Program, and we’re excited to make the curb inventory data available to the public,” said Viktoriya Wise, SFMTA Streets Division Director. “The Digital Curb Program is helping us modernize how we manage one of our most scarce and valuable resources, curbside parking and loading spaces. With better digital tools, drivers will be able to find the closest available spaces. We hope the result will be less circling, less congestion, safer streets for people who walk and ride bikes, and better access to local businesses.”
Curb Analytics is the first INRIX product to integrate with newly acquired Ride Report, which helps cities launch, manage, and evaluate shared scooter, bike, and car programs. Incorporating more than 400 data feeds across three continents, Ride Report’s software tools allow users to manage policies and compliance, analyze historical travel patterns, track, and invoice operators for fees, and more. With the addition of bicycles, ebikes, e-scooters, carshare, and micromobility freight data, INRIX now offers a comprehensive set of mobility insights to help agencies like PBOT make and execute policy decisions to better manage the public right-of-way.
INRIX Curb Analytics is immediately available in more than 125 cities worldwide to analyze the impact of new curb-focused infrastructure projects stemming from SMART Grants. To request a trial of INRIX Curb Analytics, visit inrix.com/products/curb-analytics.
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