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Starting next week, Utah\u2019s Department of Transportation will pilot a new, situational awareness tool around Salt Lake County that\u2019s designed to give state officials instant access to the conditions of their highways and roads.<\/p>\n

UDOT\u2019s traffic and safety team will pilot Payver, a new software product announced on Thursday by Blyncsy, a tech company headquartered in Salt Lake City.<\/p>\n

Along a stretch of 350 miles of highway and roads in Salt Lake County, Payver will continually process high-definition images and videos collected from a variety of sources \u2014 including dashboard cameras, drones, satellites and some newer cars, like Teslas, that have the ability to transmit that data. The company will process those images and videos with a machine learning engine to determine what’s happening on the roads in near-real-time, said Mark Pittman, Blyncsy\u2019s CEO.<\/p>\n

The software looks for how visible roadway stripes are, whether construction barrels are in place and for missing signage or roadway debris, Pittman told StateScoop, adding that the software transfers that data back to UDOT officials in their offices and in the field.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re piloting this technology as we look for more data-driven ways to optimize our operations and increase safety for our transportation system,\u201d UDOT director of traffic and safety Rob Miles said in a press release. \u201cThe condition of our striping and physical infrastructure is a key element in delivering the best travel experience for our state.\u201d<\/p>\n

Blyncsy was created with the idea that its staff would become data scientists and software for developers for state DOTs, Pittman said, and specifically Utah, which in April received from the White House<\/a> the best overall infrastructure grade, C+, of any state in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe basically build and perfect everything with UDOT and then roll it out across the country,\u201d Pittman said, noting that Blyncsy already works with 14 states and Canada.<\/p>\n

The project builds on a long-term goal of the state’s transportation department to improve its situational awareness. UDOT Executive Director Carlos Braceras in 2017 said<\/a> he wanted \u201cto know what\u2019s going on everywhere at all times.\u201d Payver is an early step toward that goal, Pittman said, because it can auto-populate maps with markers showing where service is needed, reducing the need for field workers to constantly survey where damage to roads has occurred.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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