The city of Toronto has selected IBI Group to operate the Road Emergency Services Communications Unit (RESCU) Traffic Operations Centre (TOC) for a period of up to five years.
In addition to operations, the firm will provide professional services and traffic management solutions, enhancing the management of the street and highway traffic networks throughout one of North America’s largest cities. IBI will leverage its experience in traffic management, alongside its smart city product offerings — including its CurbIQ™ and Travel-IQ™ solutions — to address Toronto’s multimodal transportation landscape.
“This notable award brings together expertise from across our intelligence sector and demonstrates the benefit our smart city products are bringing into our more traditional service offering,” said IBI Group CEO Scott Stewart. “Through automation, machine learning and robust analytics, our solutions are creating efficiencies and solving problems for clients like the city of Toronto that will ultimately lead to more sustainable and resilient cities.”
IBI Group’s expertise in the management of city operations and urban software systems will combine to assist the city of Toronto in achieving enhanced data analytics and increased operational efficiency, leading to improved traffic management. The firm will leverage its suite of smart city products to automate the process of monitoring and managing high-volume highways and urban arterial roadways to support the city in addressing recurring commuter congestion.
As part of the contract, the city will have the opportunity to employ IBI’s Travel-IQ solution to provide real-time traffic and incident data to travelers. IBI’s CurbIQ solution will allow the city to analyze and manage curbside data to improve arterial road management. Further, IBI Group will provide technical and strategic advice on operational enhancements to make the traveler experience safer and more efficient, with the associated benefit of reducing carbon emissions.
