Transportation is an important part of an economy. Our rapidlyurbanizing planet depends on getting people and things from here tothere. Every day the world relies on a complex network of transportationsystems to move people food and the products that sustain civilization.Yet many existing transportation infrastructures are inadequate toserve the needs of the 21st century. Globally transport authoritiesare facing similar strategic challenges such as increasing environmentalissues traffic volumes and congestion.

Smarter transportation can drive economic vitality and improveour quality of life. It can be more efficient provide better serviceto customers and constituents protect the environment and help assureour safety and security.

The IBM? Intelligent Transportation solution offering brings trafficawareness traffic analytics and traffic prediction capabilitiesto transportation authorities so that they can:

By providing traffic prediction capabilities and a comprehensiveand scalable platform for transportation management solutions the IBM Intelligent Transportation offering helps to optimize trafficflow. It also helps traffic authorities to analyze traffic performanceacross a wide variety of transportation network inputs optimize throughputefficiency response time and improve the user experience acrossthe transportation network.

The IBM Traffic Information Hub is aproduct of the IBM Intelligent Transportation solutionoffering and is designed to provide a centralized traffic managementsystem with features in transportation prediction.

The IBM Traffic Information Hub is aportal-based solution that runs on top of the IBM Intelligent Operations Center. The IBM Intelligent Operations Center is a software solutiondesigned for effective supervision and coordination of operationsand provides the base platform for the IBM Traffic Information Hub.

The IBM Traffic Information Hub can bedeployed in two ways either on premise or as a cloud-based offering.The IBM Traffic Information Hub can alsobe integrated with other products in the IBM Smarter Cities? Software Solutions portfolio.