bitsensing Installs Advanced Traffic Sensors in Verona as Part of K-City Network Project

bitsensing, a leading provider of advanced radar solutions, has successfully installed and activated cutting-edge traffic sensors at Porta Nuova, the historic gateway to the Italian city of Verona. This innovative project, a first of its kind, was launched in partnership with the City Of Verona (Comune di Verona) and FAMAS SYSTEMS, a company specialising in technologies for intelligent mobility, road safety, environment, and meteorology.

The project is also part of the K-City Network Project by the Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport. This initiative aims to create smarter cities globally, in collaboration with South Korean-based technology companies like bitsensing. Launched in 2020, this year’s iteration saw six international pilot projects selected through open competition, including the Porta Nuova project. Other participating countries include the United States, Indonesia, Vietnam, and more.

Big Data Traffic Solution for Verona’s Porta Nuova Intersection

Porta Nuova, a historic and iconic structure designed by Michele Sanmicheli between 1532 and 1540, serves as a critical traffic intersection for Verona's metropolitan area of over 700,000 inhabitants. The junction, comprising five entrance lanes and six exit lanes, experiences significant traffic congestion due to its complex layout.

This summer, bitsensing’s installation of traffic sensors at Porta Nuova provided Verona's traffic management team and city planners with unprecedented insights into traffic patterns. These data-driven insights will allow the city to optimise traffic flow, ease congestion, and improve road safety in this busy area.

How Verona’s ITS Traffic Control System Enhances Traffic Management

As part of the project, bitsensing and its partners installed ten Traffic Insight Monitoring Sensors (TIMOS) at key points in Porta Nuova. TIMOS, bitsensing’s all-in-one traffic sensor, integrates an AI computing device into the intelligent transport system (ITS) Traffic Control System. These sensors collect detailed traffic data and transmit it to an operations center supported by local servers.

The information gathered includes traffic volume, queue length, turning movements, vehicle classification, and overall traffic flow patterns. With the comprehensive traffic analysis provided by bitsensing’s TraXight software, the data is visualised and presented through an interactive dashboard. This real-time data offers Verona's traffic operators actionable insights, helping alleviate congestion and improve road safety at this critical intersection.

Tommaso Ferrari, Councilor for the Municipality of Verona, commented on the collaboration:
“The city of Verona takes part in the K-Smart City Network project thanks to the project developed together with the company FAMAS SYSTEM of Trento. From the K-Smart City network project, we expect a real-time analysis of traffic flows. Not only to know the traffic flows at individual intersections, but also the percentages of turns of individual maneuvers. This is a support tool that allows us to better calibrate decisions to centralise traffic lights.”

International Collaboration for Smarter Cities

Young-Joong Yoon, Director of the Urban Economy Division at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport, Republic of Korea, stated:
“The City of Verona is highly proactive in adopting new ITS technologies. I sincerely hope that the ITS traffic control system being piloted will contribute to the development of Verona as a smart city and help address its traffic issues. Also, I hope that the K-City Network project, in partnership with the City of Verona, will serve as a valuable opportunity to strengthen cooperation between Korea and Italy in the field of smart cities.”

Dr. Jae-Eun Lee, CEO of bitsensing, added:
“We were delighted to work in close collaboration with our fantastic partners at Comune di Verona and FAMAS SYSTEMS to activate this ITS Traffic Control System. I would also like to thank the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport for organising such a fantastic project. Easing congestion and enhancing road safety at such a world-renowned site like Porta Nuova aligns perfectly with bitsensing’s mission to ‘Bring Radar Everywhere,’ and we look forward to continuing this project with our partners.”

bitsensing’s TIMOS solution is currently used on South Korea’s Nonsan-Cheonan Expressway, a dual two-lane toll expressway spanning 81 km (50 miles). This project marks the latest milestone for bitsensing, following their $25M Series B funding round in June 2024. In September, the company was also recognised by Forbes as one of Asia's 100 To Watch.

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