INRIX expands AV platform for cities to manage roadways, curbs and sidewalks

INRIX’s cloud-based platform, Road Rules, has expanded from a digital roadway rulebook for automated driving systems (ADS) to include support guidelines that enable other mobility options like loading zones, parking restrictions, dockless bike/scooter zones, and city infrastructure such as fire hydrants and EV charging stations.

The platform helps cities and road authorities to digitize and store all their mobility information in one location, making it easier to communicate local rules on roadways, curbs and sidewalks. Some problems Road Rules is helping to address include:

• A unified solution: This is the only transportation tool to help cities digitally manage their data in one place;

• Easy to use: A simplified design, revamped user experience and clear work-flows makes it easy for road authorities to digitize and manage transportation rules;

• Bridges the data gap: This is an open platform to share critical information with ADS and other roadway users, encouraging innovation and safe, efficient mobility deployment; and

• Open and standardized data: This leverages the National Association of City Transportation Official's Shared Streets project to deliver truly open and interoperable data.

"We are excited to collaborate with INRIX to continue our focus on establishing Miami-Dade County as a leader in 21st-century transportation innovation,” said Alice Bravo, director of the department of transportation and public works for Miami-Dade County. “Road Rules lays the foundation for open communication and managing real-world transportation challenges including effective deployment of automated driving systems on public roads. It is also an important step as we explore how our city shares and learns from mobility data across all modes."

Since the Road Rules pilot launch in 2018, 11 cities and road authorities have signed on to implement INRIX Road Rules and are digitizing their infrastructure and restrictions this year, with more announced every month. The set of users includes cities and road authorities with a variety of sizes, climates and geographies: Austin, TX; Boston, MA; Calgary, Alberta; Cambridge MA; Detroit, MI; Portland, ME; Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada which includes Las Vegas; Miami-Dade County, FL; Transport for West Midlands; Transport Scotland in the UK; and Turin, Italy.

"Detroit is committed to staying at the forefront of advanced transportation technology testing and development, so we're excited to partner with INRIX on this project that focuses on ensuring automated vehicles can safely navigate our streets," said Mark de la Vergne, chief of mobility innovation for Detroit.

Additionally, four ADS operators have agreed to consume the rules of the road authored by the cities. Automakers and operators slated to use data from the platform where available include: Jaguar Land Rover, May Mobility, nuTonomy (an Aptiv company) and operators running Renovo's Aware platform.

For more than a decade INRIX has played a critical role in connecting cities with cars. Now, INRIX Road Rules is helping cities connect with the transportation options of the future.