{"id":21764,"date":"2022-07-14T14:05:06","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T21:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.parsons.com\/?p=21764"},"modified":"2022-07-14T14:06:50","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T21:06:50","slug":"weighing-the-digitalization-of-transportation-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.parsons.com\/2022\/07\/weighing-the-digitalization-of-transportation-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"Weighing The Digitalization Of Transportation Infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"419\" src=\"https:\/\/www.parsons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GT_innovation_article_graphic_780x419_1.jpg\" alt=\"Infrastructure Article \" class=\"wp-image-21765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.parsons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GT_innovation_article_graphic_780x419_1.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.parsons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GT_innovation_article_graphic_780x419_1-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.parsons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GT_innovation_article_graphic_780x419_1-768x413.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Peter Torrellas, president of our Connected Communities team, sat down with Government Technology to discuss the digitalization of transportation infrastructure. Check out the interview below to learn more about what technology impacts are coming to critical infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Which transportation trends will have the greatest influence on government technology in the next few years?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>First, we\u2019ll continue to see data emerging as its own asset class. We\u2019re also looking at transit priorities like end-to-end journey management\u2014scheduling, routing and fare settlement with cars, bikes and scooters, buses and rail systems. All those systems will have to talk to each other. And as we look to improve transit corridors, we\u2019ll need data sharing and governance models for transportation agencies and government jurisdictions. With more automation of passenger traffic, railways, cars and vehicle-to infrastructure communications, we\u2019ll see a lot of new opportunities. We also expect interesting technology nexus<br>points around electrification, clean power, and hydrogen\/EV buses and cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s the biggest deficit in transportation technology infrastructure that government leaders need to address?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We really need to close the cyber gap for resiliency and safety reasons. Just imagine having a million automated vehicles and somebody hacking a car system. As we continue to leverage more data for innovation and automation, the attack surface area will widen. That will create a sense of urgency around cyber. Another gap is the lack of common policies and environments for collecting and sharing data among governments, transportation agencies, and academic institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How will Internet of Things (IoT) sensors reshape transportation infrastructure in the next few years?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Humans get smarter by processing information we can touch and see. The same idea applies to transportation infrastructure, whether it be cameras, air quality sensors, traffic monitors, or simple things like Bluetooth sniffers that count people or cars passing by. IoT will be absolutely critical to increase data collection, understand usage, make better decisions and improve operations. Edge computing is another emerging space that will be super interesting for IoT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are the most intriguing possibilities of digital twin technology in transportation?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A digital twin is a simulation, and a few important things need to be simulated. One digital twin<br>application is visually connecting the interdependencies among transportation networks, buildings and<br>utilities to our goals for automation, electrification and climate action. This example of digital twin usage will lead to better decisions, risk analysis and deployment of capital. 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