Peachtree Corners, a city that prides itself on being one of the first ‘smart cities’ in the US, powered by real-world connected infrastructure, has announced a partnership with Seyond, a global provider of high-quality LiDAR technology. This collaboration enables Seyond to deploy and validate its LiDAR solutions in an authentic urban setting, aiming to enhance road safety and streamline traffic flow for both vehicles and vulnerable road users (VRUs) in Peachtree Corners.
Seyond’s LiDAR solution is already being used within the smart city ecosystem of Curiosity Lab and at a designated intersection within the city of Peachtree Corners. These sites utilise a fusion of Seyond’s LiDAR, OmniVidi Perception Service Software Platform, and Blue-Band Integrator AI to supply real-time 3D mapping of the areas, featuring detection of both vehicular and pedestrian objects.
These integrated technologies amass real-world data, facilitating the implementation of traffic and VRU signal solutions to enhance intersection safety and efficiency, while safeguarding citizen privacy. The gathered data from Seyond’s technology and Blue-Band’s analysis can be utilised by Peachtree Corners to fine-tune traffic signals, pedestrian crossing signals, intersection layouts, and more, tailoring them to specific safety and efficiency requirements grounded in real-world data.
“Curiosity Lab’s shared public domain available for testing, deployment and validation is one of the many characteristics that attracted us to collaborate with the organisation,” said Junwei Bao, Co-Founder and CEO, Seyond . “By collecting data from high-volume intersections across vehicular and pedestrian traffic, we will be able to improve the quality and reliability of detection results, which can help validate Intelligent Traffic Solution-based use cases. Our technology can be used at a signal intersection but also across parking, large areas of pedestrian crossings and more. Curiosity Lab and Peachtree Corners will allow us to explore these use cases in a real-world environment as we continue to advance and validate our solutions for public use to improve safety for all.”
Seyond’s LiDAR system boasts exceptional range and clarity, capable of mapping extensive environments up to a range of 1640 feet, a feat that would typically necessitate multiple traffic cameras. The hardware, initially developed and tested for autonomous vehicles, is engineered to automotive-grade standards and engineered to withstand adverse weather conditions. These capabilities enable Curiosity Lab and Peachtree Corners to maintain precise monitoring round the clock, enabling informed intelligent transportation updates to cater to the needs of residents and visitors.
“LiDAR technology is going to change the way cities look at managing vehicular and pedestrian traffic,” added Brandon Branham, Executive Director, Curiosity Lab. “LiDAR allows the city to collect data on traffic movement, congestion, wrecks, near misses and even pedestrian activity, while protecting everyone’s privacy. Seyond’s solution takes the capabilities of LiDAR one step further and enables us as a city to evaluate how we can make our major intersections safer and more efficient for VRUs and everyday traffic.
“Especially with Peachtree Corners’ multi-use trail expanding, this technology will allow us to evaluate if we need to extend crosswalk times for pedestrians to ensure they cross major intersections safely, identify if we need to redesign intersections to be more efficient with higher-volume traffic, adjust traffic signal timing and more. With Seyond’s solutions, we will be able to see farther, clearer and react faster to transportation and VRU needs across Peachtree Corners.”
Seyond’s solutions are being used at the Peachtree Corners Circle intersection with plans to expand additional use cases.
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