Luna Provides Advanced Roadway Incident Detection for Major Department of Transportation
03 Octobre 2023 - 2:30PM
Business Wire
System Leverages Existing Fiber Optic Links to
Enhance Safety
Luna Innovations Incorporated (NASDAQ: LUNA), a global leader in
advanced fiber optic-based technology, announces its continued
successful application of fiber optic sensing-based traffic
monitoring with a recent deployment for the state of Utah
Department of Transportation (DOT). The Luna traffic monitoring
solution provides accurate and timely information across both urban
and rural roadways. The unique and cost-effective system is capable
of determining average traffic speed, detecting slow or stopped
traffic, and estimating journey times between set locations.
Along with its partner Dura-Line, a leading conduit
manufacturer, Luna commissioned its traffic monitoring and incident
detection solution on pre-existing fiber laid along Utah’s Big and
Small Cottonwood canyons. Roads through these canyons link Salt
Lake City with key tourist destinations for the State, such as
popular ski resorts Alta and Park City. The routes pass through
areas of steep elevation where avalanches are a common occurrence
in winter.
“Advanced traffic monitoring systems are becoming increasingly
import in order to keep traffic flowing safely on our roads and
highways,” said Scott Graeff, Luna Innovations’ President and CEO.
“Luna’s fiber optic-based solution leverages fiber already in the
ground along the roadway and provides DOTs and municipalities
critical traffic flow information with broad coverage and no
latency. This is another great example of the how Luna’s solutions
take advantage of the ubiquity of fiber optics to solve a wide
range of societal challenges. We are very pleased to be working
with Dura-Line on this for the Utah DOT.”
Early warning of these events reaching the canyon roads are an
extremely valuable tool for the Utah DOT avalanche control team.
The advanced detection helps the team coordinate its response with
travelers and resort stakeholders.
The Luna monitoring solution uses common telecommunications
fiber as a series of distributed “microphones” that can detect
acoustic noise and seismic events along the fiber. The system then
provides incident alerts to the response team. The system also can
detect other incidents, such as rock fall or earthquakes, which can
impact roadways.
The Luna solution was deployed in 2022, and, by early 2023, was
providing traffic monitoring updates in Utah DOT’s existing road
monitoring dashboard in its operations center. The 2023 winter
season was one of the most active in Utah DOT’s known history in
terms of avalanches in these canyons. The Luna system provided
early warning of these events and alerted Utah DOT at its
operations center to incidents and traffic build-up, which is
critical information for road safety and emergency response.
The success Utah DOT has realized with the Luna traffic
monitoring solution builds upon the success of similar deployments
in Georgia, Florida, Nevada, and North Dakota. The solution maps
well into various federal funding sources available for state DOTs
across the nation, such as the SMART program, designed to improve
their infrastructure, introduce innovative technology, improve
safety and environmental performance, and reduce congestion.
This project will be featured in an upcoming webinar entitled,
“Using Fiber for Situational Awareness Along Roadways” on Oct. 4 at
11 a.m. Eastern. The registration link can be found here.
For more information about this and other Luna fiber optic
sensing solutions, visit www.lunainc.com.
About Luna
Luna Innovations Incorporated (www.lunainc.com) is a leader in
optical technology, providing unique capabilities in
high-performance, fiber optic-based, test products for the
telecommunications industry and distributed fiber optic-based
sensing for a multitude of industries. Luna’s business model is
designed to accelerate the process of bringing new and innovative
technologies to market.
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Statement
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constitute “forward-looking statements” made pursuant to the safe
harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995 that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements include
Luna’s expectations regarding technological capabilities, market
opportunities, customer relationship and operational efficacy
related to its technology and/or products. Management cautions the
reader that these forward-looking statements are only predictions
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uncertainties, and actual results, performance, and/or achievements
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statements as a result of a number of factors. These factors
include, without limitation, changes in market needs and
technological challenges and other risks and uncertainties set
forth in Luna’s periodic reports and other filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Such filings are
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on information available to Luna as of the date of this release and
Luna undertakes no obligation to update any of the forward-looking
statements after the date of this release.
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Investor Contact: Allison Woody Luna Innovations
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