Transform Law-Enforcement LPR Data—and the Cameras You Already Have—into Continuous, City-Wide Traffic Intelligence
Designed by a traffic engineer with more than 25 years of experience in transportation engineering and planning.
Traffic Optics connects to LPR systems commonly deployed by law-enforcement agencies, converting continuous vehicle detections into actionable traffic insights for planners, engineers, and city staff. The platform is designed to operate across a community’s broader LPR camera infrastructure, incorporating both existing cameras and newly deployed cameras as they come online. No new hardware. No field installation. Just 24/7/365 traffic data—finally unlocked and easy to use.
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If your community uses LPR cameras—most often deployed for law-enforcement purposes—you already have a continuous stream of traffic data available down to the timestamp, location, and direction of every vehicle captured. That stream grows naturally as additional cameras are added over time. Traffic Optics connects to your LPR platform through a secure, encrypted API integration, automatically incorporating both existing cameras and newly deployed cameras as they come online. The data is processed in real time and delivered in a dashboard designed for clear visualization, analysis, and decision-making. Traffic Optics is designed to operate as a downstream analytics layer, complementing existing law-enforcement and municipal LPR platforms rather than replacing them.
Planning & Engineering
Support traffic studies, corridor planning, operational reviews, and long-range transportation decisions with continuously updated data.
Custom Analysis
Provide customized analytics for corridors, school zones, special events, and long-range planning needs.
Real-Time
Access minute-by-minute vehicle activity with real-time trend detection and automated highlights.
User-Friendly
Ensure easy access to traffic data and insights through a straightforward and accessible platform.
Cost Effective
Leverage existing traffic infrastructure to provide high-value traffic management without significant additional investment.
Transparent
Provide optional public-facing summaries to support transparency and community engagement.
FAQ
What do I get with Traffic Optics?
- Real-time and historical traffic counts
- Peak hour analysis and flow direction mapping
- Growth rates and seasonal variation trends
- Travel time reports
- Anomaly detection (e.g., unexpected traffic surges)
- All visualized in a user-friendly dashboard
- 24/7/365 access to data already being collected
- Exportable data for GIS platforms, planning tools, or custom analysis
What about privacy?
Traffic Optics never stores or displays license plate numbers. All identifiers are anonymized before analysis, and no data is used for enforcement. The system is designed solely for planning and engineering applications.
Is this technology patented?
Yes. Traffic Optics is protected by an issued U.S. patent covering the use of law-enforcement license plate recognition data for transportation system analysis, independent of the underlying LPR platform.
Does Traffic Optics require new cameras?
No. Traffic Optics is designed to unlock value from LPR cameras already deployed—most commonly by law-enforcement agencies. As communities add cameras over time for traffic, safety, or operational needs, those cameras can be incorporated seamlessly.
How can I get in touch?
You can email our founder, Chet Skwarcan, directly at chet@trafficoptics.com. Or use the form below to subscribe to receive periodic updates.
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