The shift
Trillions of dollars globally every year are poured into transport and mobility infrastructure. Despite this huge amount of cash, we are still complaining about the same challenges we have for years: from potholes to traffic jams.
Transport infrastructure is under unprecedented pressure to evolve: since 2007, when the iPhone first launched “maps”, the ways people move have drastically changed. Consider COVID-19, e-scooters, and the fact that cars today weigh 3 times more than they did in 1970 (!) - it is clear to see that the way we operate and maintain our transport infrastructure also needs to evolve.
The opportunity
In fact, there is a huge opportunity - given the advances in data availability and compute power available today - to use software and machine learning techniques to build AI solutions which can provide better productivity for transport operators.
At the heart is the challenge is that mobility is no longer predictable: it is not being used for the thing it was designed for. The gut instinct of a control room officer is no longer as reliable, as people’s patterns of movement have shifted. Machine learning is an excellent tool to support the processing of this vastly more complex information into monitoring dashboards, optimisations and recommendations, and even automation of certain processes.
The outcome
More productive transport infrastructure operations and maintenance means a better customer experience, a safer network, more liveable places and all-important cost savings for the operator. From dynamic maintenance, predictive analytics for proactive network management and real-time hotspot identification for anomalous events - AI tools are here today (and here to stay) to unlock better productivity and enhanced outcomes in mobility.
The solution
It boils down to pragmatic and deliberate deployment of software, working very closely with the business problem owners and end users to ensure that any AI solution is configured to squeeze the pips out of the business case. Alchera’s software and tools are immensely powerful, and deliberately fast and easy to deploy & get started with. Reach out for a demo to see how Alchera can help you unlock AI for productivity today!
