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Florida Hires Iteris to Reduce Congestion and Travel Time Around Tampa

The traffic technology firm Iteris on 16th March 2022 announced that it won a $5 million contract from the Florida Department of Transportation to reduce congestion around the Tampa Bay area.

The company will provide services for Florida aimed at reducing congestion and travel time for vehicles, bicycles and pedestrians. These include “performance monitoring and reporting, traffic signal timing plan updates, development and implementation of incident diversion routes, citizen comment response and resolution, and regular field inspections for maintenance.”

The contract includes services to be provided at about 500 intersections across a 3,330-square mile region containing 2.8 million residents and almost 20% of the state’s signalized intersections. 

The services will improve traffic flow and reduce carbon emissions throughout Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater and the rest of the five-county area surrounding Tampa Bay.

Other states to have recently contracted with Iteris include Utah, which last June awarded the firm a $2.7 million contract aimed at reducing congestion and improving roadway safety. That project uses Iteris’ “Inspect” software, for vehicle inspections, and a tool to track the state’s use of commercial vehicles.

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