Tech Showcase

AECOM's planning, safety, operations, construction, and digital solutions will revolutionize Texas communities. By leveraging data-driven planning, we'll optimize transportation networks and enhance safety. Our advanced technology will streamline construction processes, minimizing disruptions and improving efficiency. Real-time monitoring and analytics will empower proactive operations management, ensuring optimal traffic flow and incident response. Through integrated digital platforms, we'll connect stakeholders and foster collaboration, creating a safer, more efficient, and data-driven future for Texas transportation.

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ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions has developed electronic technology that replaces obsolete #2 lock and key in traffic cabinets. These updated locking solutions provide control of who can access a traffic cabinet, and report audit data of when the cabinet was accessed and by whom. There are off-line intelligent key versions as well as on-line real-time powered locking solutions that are card access controlled or with a mobile device. This provides a much improved means of securing traffic infrastructure for both physical and cyber security protection as well as contractor management. These are compliant with the new NEMA TS-40008 standard.

Attendees will be able to interact with demonstration hardware to see how intelligent keys interact with intelligent locks, providing access to the cabinet to only authorized keyholders. Also attendees will utilize card access or a mobile device to real-time unlock a traffic cabinet door. They will also be able to see how the real-time lock provide status of door position and secure/unsecure status of the lock itself. They will also be able to try the same intelligent key technology on an electronic padlock.

Trimble MX - 9 Mobile Mapping scanner tool. The MX series from Trimble is a LiDAR and Photogrammetry solution to provide scanned models of TxDOT roadway, bridges, and right of way among other items. This provides a solution that is not only time effective and safe, but also delivers a resource of the area suggested with distinct precision that allows serviceable maps for future work.

Opening up the discussion of the future of measurement and new solutions that prove great precision while keeping life's save by removing people from the right of way and along TxDOT corridors.

Ardurra is a multidisciplinary services firm, providing broad-based solutions that are tailored to the specific needs of the public and private sector.

As a responsive and nimble partner, we take ownership of every project to ensure success. We leverage the depth of our professional and technical expertise, as well as our integrated structure, to deliver practical, innovative solutions for our clients.

Display on a big screen of the Transportation Construction Inspector program and its impact in the community. The Transportation Construction Inspector Program involves the training of individuals who are interested on a career that focus on the inspection of roadways, bridges, and related infrastructure to meets safety and regulatory standards. Inspectors are responsible for examining the materials used, the structural integrity of the constructions, and the compliance with design specifications and legal requirements. The impact of the Transportation Construction Inspector Program in the community is to enhance safety, bring economic benefits, build community development, mitigate environmental impact and create social benefits.

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Avride is a leading developer in the autonomous vehicle and delivery robot industry. Our journey began in 2017 when a group of ambitious engineers decided to tackle one of the most significant challenges of the 21stcentury — pioneering the future of autonomous transportation. Today, our dynamic team, composed of a few hundred engineers, many of whom have been working on the autonomous driving technology at Yandex, develops and operates autonomous vehicles across the globe, shaping the future of mobility and delivery solutions.

See the personal delivery device in action.

Blyncsy leverages the power of artificial intelligence and crowdsourced visual imagery from dash cameras to provide automated near real-time situational awareness of the condition of roadways. This technology collects street-level imagery from over 800,000 accessible dash cameras nationwide and assesses the condition of assets in the images in as little as 60 seconds of a vehicle passing. Blyncsy can automatically inspect roadways and conduct asset inventory, and directly update public feeds and notify relevant authorities so that information is shared with road users in a timely fashion. With a real-time view of road assets including their condition and location, cities and state DOTs are able to increase safety and efficiency for drivers, pedestrians, construction workers, and transportation employees, as well as provide critical data to advance the continuing development of autonomous vehicles and save significant costs from performing resource-intensive manual inspections.

Blyncsy will conduct near real-time image requests for any section of interstate highway across the United States upon request. Any attendee can request detection from a specific location, Blyncsy will gather the crowdsourced imagery and make the results available to attendees within one hour.

Our drone LiDAR technology allows us to collect topographic data along roadways for design purposes, bypassing the necessity to gain access to individual properties. This streamlined approach saves valuable time and reduces costs associated with roadway projects. Our drone and LiDAR systems adhere to the NDAA and Blue UAS standards. This certification confirms that all components and software are made and designed in America. Additionally, they often operate offline to mitigate potential cybersecurity threats. This ensures full compliance with the respected TxDOT UAS program guidelines.

We plan to showcase interactive LiDAR datasets, allowing participants to see the data we collect firsthand. This engaging experience will highlight LiDAR technology's capabilities and provide a tangible understanding of its applications and potential.

This demonstration will familiarize the public with how to recognize a Cruise autonomous vehicle, how the technology on the vehicle works, and address questions individuals may have about the technology and vehicle. Already, rideshare has demonstrated effective countermeasures to impaired driving, and Cruise autonomous vehicles can impact speeding, distracted and drowsy driving. Cruise AVs may also provide transportation for those with mobility limitations, like older adults and sight-limited individuals, as well as equitable transportation to all communities on its all electric vehicle platform.

Staff will be present with the Cruise AV during exhibiting hours to answer questions and provide information on the vehicle.

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Drivewyze Smart Roadways allows departments of transportation (DOTs) and other government agencies to extend their transportation safety programs into commercial trucks, including real-time safety alerts delivered directly in-cab. Through Smart Roadways, TxDOT is monitoring all 3,000+ interstate miles in Texas for traffic slowdown events using real-time INRIX data. Drivewyze alerts approaching commercial trucks, providing time to slow down and react, reducing the risk of collision and improving highway safety. With this program, TxDOT can also communicate emergency alerts to the Drivewyze truck network. Fleets and drivers can access Smart Roadways alerts for free through the Drivewyze Free application.

ESP provides survey and geospatial services using the latest Hi-Res LiDAR technology with aerial and UAV systems. ESP’s service capabilities in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) fill gaps between large-area projects typically mapped using satellite and manned aircraft-collected imagery and small-area projects typically mapped using time-consuming conventional survey methods.

LiDAR equipped hybrid drone and a video loop showing our survey and geospatial services.

The Flow Platform by Flow Labs combines the most comprehensive traffic dataset in the state of Texas with state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence (AI). This demonstration will showcase three revolutionary solutions: Mobility Management, Traffic Signal Management, and Roadway Safety Management, designed to help traffic engineering teams make better traffic management decisions. With access to real-time data, historical insights, trip information, multi-modal insights, this technology will enhance planning and operations across Texas, leading to quicker incident responses, reduced congestion, and improved safety on urban and rural roadways ultimately saving lives and improving the quality of life for Texas residents.

Our interactive demo will allow users to experience the Flow Platform firsthand. Attendees can view real-time traffic and signal data, analyze historical trends, and explore origin-destination insights. They will also witness our rapid incident alerts providing updates with less than a minute latency. Users will be able to navigate an entire region in real-time without leaving our booth, gaining a comprehensive understanding of how our technology optimizes traffic management and enhances roadway safety. By engaging with these features, attendees will see how Flow Platform empowers transportation planning and operational efficiency, demonstrating its transformative impact on Texas communities.

The Motive Automated Operations Platform combines IoT hardware with AI-powered applications to automate vehicle and equipment tracking, driver safety, compliance, maintenance, spend management, and more.

The Motive Automated Operations Platform combines IoT hardware with AI-powered applications to automate vehicle and equipment tracking, driver safety, compliance, maintenance, spend management, and more.

HeadLight’s visual-based inspection and materials management solutions unify teams with data. Our solutions empower teams to easily capture and report complex data in real-time. Designed in partnership with infrastructure owners and their field teams, HeadLight solutions increase collaboration and accountability. This ultimately benefits the community, ensuring public infrastructure assets are built to spec, delivered on time and on budget.

We plan to engage with booth visitors using iPads to illustrate the HeadLight technology platform. In real-time, visitors can capture observations and see critical data workflows in action.

The unprecedented inflation impacting our traditional maintenance cost of asphalt and cement along with BIG loads from much more truck traffic, heavier EVs on our pavements coming and even the change in recent years of our weather has impacted infrastructure resilience & maintenance operations scrambling in terms of budgets to impact preservation and ways to reduce the carbon impact given transportations role in contributing emissions. APPROVED BY TX DOT IN 2023 - Approved Products, Special Specification needed by TxDOT District for use - 23-3232. Unprecedented ROI & creates 50 year road base for rural or urban roads. WHO HAS ENOUGH BUDGET TO TRULY FIX THEIR FAILING ROADS? By that we know roads need to be rebuilt when physical inspection and long proven performance testing indicates patch repairs and mill and overlay will provide only temporary (3-5 years) improvement. Then return and repeat or eventually rebuild the road by proven Full Depth Reclamation techniques to increase the life cycle to 10-15 years. Instead of repeated short-term fixes that contribute to congestion, less safety for our workforce, inefficient use of resources and environmental impacts due to greater emissions (both CO2 & GhH). Instead use a material that is proven to create the perpetual pavement by creating a road base coarse of greater strength & ductility. The solution has been installed by local contractors in Texas & 6 western states following standard FDR practices. Come by and see this FDR solution that successfully completed the AASHTO Product Evaluation and Audit Solutions process under their Unique, Patented, Proprietary Products (UP3) technical service program that virtually all DOTs are active members. UP3 Council / Info – AASHTO Product Evaluation & Audit Solutions (https://transportation.org/product-evaluation-and-audit-solutions/up3-council-info/).

We have a video in the booth that will be looping showing projects across six western states and a live demo of how the road material deals with 100% water immersion.

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Ebikes offer a clean, fun, and sweat-free way to explore Texas and beyond. With MOD BIKES, Texans can reduce traffic congestion, save on gas, and enjoy the outdoors – all while getting some exercise. MOD BIKES empower a healthier, more sustainable future for Texas communities.

Attendees will get to test out the bikes to see how the assist riders. As well as to see out latest smart helmet connect technology. See our accessories.

Metropia stands out by offering a holistic and adaptive mobility solution. Our platform seamlessly integrates various modes of transport, from public transit and ride-sharing to bike-sharing and walking, optimizing routes in real-time based on current traffic conditions and user preferences. Unlike other MaaS platforms, Metropia leverages cutting-edge AI and machine learning to predict and mitigate traffic congestion, resulting in smoother and faster commutes. Our user-centric design ensures a personalized experience, adapting to individual travel behaviors and preferences to provide the most efficient and sustainable travel options.

Monitor with demo presentation of platform.

Causeway one.network is a unique digital road management platform, transforming how road agencies and public works teams plan, coordinate, and communicate work zones. With seamless public engagement underpinning everything we do, we’re helping realize safer work zones and smarter journeys with digital connectivity that drives efficiency.

We will have a demo of our software that is clickable.

Parakeet™ is an Audible Information Device (AID) designed for custom messaging with a built-in speaker and microphone. When roads and sidewalks are closed, Parakeet allows up to 60-seconds of pre-recorded instructions to the alternate path for visually impaired pedestrians. The device recording is motion activated, responding to pedestrians as they approach. Motion detection is customizable, allowing for longer or shorter fields of detection as needed. Additionally, the built-in microphone automatically adjusts its decibel level based on surrounding noise throughout the day. In compliance with MUTCD Section 6C.03 as part of providing audible information devices for pedestrians with visual disabilities.

The PSS Parakeet Audible Information Device (AID) demonstration will allow booth visitors to experience AID message delivery in real-time. Parakeet’s motion sensor is only triggered as pedestrians approach the device, and does not activate when they walk away from or perpendicular to the device. We will also demonstrate the system calibration and custom message uploading.

Pi-Lit designs and manufactures smart infrastructure sensors to monitor for impact to critical safety devices (crash cushions, guard rails, end terminals, etc.). In addition, enhanced safety for 1st responders is provided by Pi-Lit's smart traffic guidance devices; smart radio-connected LED flares, "Smarter Cone" that illuminates standard traffic cones in a sequential flashing pattern, smart radio-linked construction lamps, and GPS tagging and cloud mapping (Waze, Apple Maps, 511, etc.) of all the company's devices.

Pi-Lit's impact sensor and "Smarter Cone" technology will be demonstrated on the table top. A television will be used to show videos.

Port San Antonio is one of the largest and fastest-growing innovation hubs in Texas. At this event, we will showcase technological developments and integrations taking place today and growing across our 1,900-acre Tech Port campus. Our large platform is already home to many local startups who work alongside leading names in aerospace, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, defense and an array of applied technologies. Their collaborations alongside academic partners, coupled with our planned new vertiport, are the foundation of a special community that is helping lead the development of the upcoming generations or transportation. Among them are opportunities to refine, test and validate “air taxis” – electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles (eVTOL’s), that will transform the mobility of people and cargoes in Texas and beyond.

A multimedia profile—created in collaboration with Google Arts & Culture—will provide visitors with a glimpse into the technologies on the Tech Port campus today; the important connections the organization is making between people, industries and educational partners; and the innovative new facilities ahead.

Leveraged today by transportation management agencies throughout Texas, Rekor Command™ is a cutting-edge AI-driven platform that provides a real-time view of the roadways and the myriad of incidents that occur. We will demo how, through the use of our proprietary AI algorithms, the platform detects events, transforming raw roadway and mobility data into actionable insights, ensuring quick response to the events disrupting your roadways, improving traffic flow, minimizing the risk of secondary crashes, and enhancing safety for motorists and emergency responders, while also enabling you with the insights needed to analyze past performance and make collaborative data-driven decisions.

Demo attendees will be able to see and engage with the Rekor Command platform via the web interface. Attendees will be able to interact with a fully functioning live demo that includes all the features and functionality of the Rekor Command platform including how incidents are surfaced, the additional information available to help provide situational awareness and prioritize the most impactful events, and the advanced analytics available.

Our technology impacts comapnies specializing in heavy civil, landfills, aggregates, or mining. We make an impact in their everyday survey solutions by replacing traditional survey methods with a more efficient and accurate workflow through done survey. We help our customers track progress and quantities through 3D worksites!

At our booth we will have our platform pulled up for people to check out some of our tools, as well as have the drone and GCP points at the table.

Students will receive a brief flight lesson in our mobile flight simulator trailer. Students are educated on how to operate an aircraft’s rudders, throttle controls, and yoke to move the aircraft down the runway, takeoff, and reach a controlled altitude of 1500ft. The purpose of this mobile flight simulator trailer is to introduce the aviation industry to youth in rural and historically disadvantage communities who lack the access and opportunity to explorer careers in the aviation industry.

Sitting in the pilot’s seat of a simulated Cessna 172 aircraft viewing a three-screen monitor, students are receiving their equipment and flight instructions through their headsets. If the students are inspired by their experience and listening to the roar of the propeller engine, we provide them information and connect them to free discovery flight opportunities and aviation scholarships.

The San Antonio Fire Department and Office of Emergency Management utilize technology in several way to keep the residents of San Antonio and South Texas safe. Technology is involved with everything we do, from response vehicles with state of the art technology, utilizing technology to provide rapid medical care from the 911 center, and information sharing at the Emergency Operation Center. The effects of the technology utilized impacts Texans each time there is an emergency or disaster.

The San Antonio Unified Command Unit will be on site for guests to walk through, as well as interactive demonstrations of the San Antonio Fire Department's Clinical Dispatcher Program and displays from the Office of Emergency Management.

We will be showcasing drones in public safety and use cases specifically pertaining to law enforcement. This new technology has become a staple in many areas of police work here in San Antonio and continues to grow as we develop innovative new uses for drones to support SAPD.

We will provide a static display of our drones and payload systems, and be available to answer questions from the conference attendees.

Site 20/20 is a construction safety technology company. Our primary product is the Guardian SmartFlagger, an Automated Flagger Assistance Device (AFAD), taking traffic control out of harm's way by allowing operation to happen from within the work zone. The SmartFlagger makes traffic control safer as well as workers and the public safer by diverting drivers away from construction via Waze and Google integration, increasing compliance of drivers when they do come to a worksite via its size and continuous digital monitoring via HD cameras, and immediately alerts of an intrusion with a 120dB alarm and detachable gate arm.

We welcome anyone to come in and use the Guardian SmartFlagger. It is designed for easy transport and deployment with control done by a tablet computer that is able to maintain up to four of the Guardian SmartFlaggers at one work site at a time. Easy to transport and use, the Guardian SmartFlagger is designed for one flagger to run traffic control for one worksite, keeping traffic moving smoothly and efficiently.

Static display of SwRI's Shell Eco-Marathon autonomous vehicle. Vehicle is a proof-of-concept for investigating how automation can further improve energy/fuel efficiency and thereby reduce greenhouse gas emissions of future generation road vehicles.

Attendees can likely sit in vehicle (static); if power is available, we will have vehicles sensors running and they can see data on display.

StreetLight uses Big Data and proprietary Route Science® to measure transportation, providing on-demand analytics for vehicles, bikes, pedestrians, and transit via its StreetLight InSight® SaaS platform for mobility. We provide innovative digital solutions to help communities reduce congestion, improve safe and equitable transportation, and maximize the positive impact of infrastructure investment.

Live interactive demo of insight platform.

The product to be presented is a structured pavement marking capable of performing in wet weather to provide reflectivity and improve a driver's ability to see pavement markings during a rain event. The marking is currently placed as a dot pattern and is available as TxDOT Special Specification 6373 - All-Weather Patterned Markings.

Watching videos and discussing product as well as product samples available for viewing at the table.

We will have a static truck on display so we can highlight the technology and how it will work. Walk around and examine the truck and sensor suite.

We are bringing Artificial Intelligence to traffic by implementing smart vehicle detection to our infrastructure which will translate in higher efficiencies and reliability.

Digital interaction through our cloud based portal.

TopoDOT Software is a state-of-the-art solution for Reality Capture deliverables. As Texan surveyors increasingly use LiDAR technologies to map the state's infrastructure, TopoDOT unlocks the potential of this data, delivering accurate as-built condition models. In the demo we'll show TopoDOT modeling capabilities and tools for engineering grade data analysis. We'll showcase examples of how LiDAR technology can be leverage to accelerate the mapping process while maintaining the highest quality standards. We'll highlight how this technology significantly benefit Texas communities by enhancing infrastructure planning, construction, and maintenance cycles.

This demonstration is a computer presentation. I can bring a projector and screen. Additionally I would like to have a LiDAR scanner from a hardware partner. If this is the case, we would scan the room with a tripod based scanner to show the safety, and speed of the process.

Impaired/Distracted Driving Simulator will allow for driver to participate real time on how impairment/distraction will affect them and those around them on the road.

Driver will sit in seat and drive simulator with pedals and steering active.

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), commonly known as "drones" are low altitude aerial assets that can perform a series of tasks. UAS can assist in missions from Tactical Situations to Infrastructure Inspections and everything in between. All our of unmanned aircraft have the capability to live stream situational awareness for any situation. The UAS program is made of up 6 divisions that operate UAS, each with a different primary mission set. Aircraft Operations oversees the program ensuring compliance, training and maintenance. Criminal Investigations uses the technology for overwatch, tactical support and investigative work. Highway Patrol use the advanced camera technology to document fatal crash scenes across the state. The Texas Rangers are currently primarily tasked with border security as well as tactical situations. Intelligence & Counterterrorism conducts infrastructure inspections and Training Operations uses drones to document and record department training events. Currently the department has 207, FAA certificated, Remote Pilots and 259 unmanned aircraft systems. After obtaining their FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate, department personnel attend a 5 day initial RPIC school where they are instructed in department UAS policy and learn how to safely operate the aircraft. This technology does not sit on the shelf collecting dust. DPS is not only one of the largest public safety UAS programs in the country but probably has more operational time than any other agency. In 2021 the department conducted 26,079 flights for a total of 5170.4 flight hours with UAS. A large portion of this flight time was OLS related with over 13,000 flights and 2487 border patrol assists. In 2021 the UAS program accounted for locating 3093 suspects and assisted in the arrest of 1761 individuals. Additionally, using unmanned aircraft, multiple drug seizures occurred with a value of $751,750.00. Full statistics on the program can be found under the reports page.

The demo area can provide several drone platforms from small to large, with the largest being a fixed wing airplane that has a wingspan of seven feet. Display screens can showcase videos of the Department using various drones during missions as well as live video of the drones located at the demo site.

Demo will include deployment ready e-scooters of ScooterLab and a high-level summary of sample data/visualizations. ScooterLab is a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded community research infrastructure initiative, currently under development at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). This publicly-available micromobility testbed and crowd-sensing/crowd-sourcing infrastructure provides researchers access to a community of riders and a fully operational fleet of highly customizable dockless e-scooters. ScooterLab will enable research at the confluence of (1) multiple computing disciplines, including machine learning, computer vision, image processing, high-performance computing, big data analytics, and privacy-enhancing technologies; and (2) (micro)mobility, urban planning, and transportation research.

Riders can ride the e-scooters inside a cordoned off area. However, the riders may be limited to ScooterLab personnel unless university approval is obtained for other eligible attendees from the event.

At Viva we help cities overcome their biggest transportation challenges. We have developed cutting edge AI-powered computer vision technology to capture anonymized multimodal road user data and provide cities with the most accurate, reliable and scalable insights.

Our technology is here to solve endemic problems and help cities achieve their policy goals and transportation objectives.