Emergency-vehicle pilot aims to reduce first-responder travel time

LYT, a connected traffic technology company, has entered a new partnership with the City of Elk Grove in California to test its emergency vehicle preemption (EVP) solution, designed to improve emergency vehicle safety and reduce travel time for first responders.

The technology works by preemptively alerting traffic lights to the presence of emergency vehicles, adjusting the lights to clear the roads and helping them rapidly reach the emergency scene.

It takes into account real-time congestion and traffic patterns, adjusting traffic signals accordingly.

The solution uses a single secure edge device installed in traffic management centers, which enables emergency vehicles to communicate directly with networked traffic signals through the LYT.speed cloud platform.

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