Adaptive Traffic & Urban Mobility

From static traffic control to predictive urban mobility.

Navigato AI combines Edge AI, real-time sensor data, adaptive signal control and Digital Twin simulation to help cities reduce congestion and emissions while improving public transport, pedestrian, cyclist and emergency-vehicle priority.

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Why cities need adaptive traffic intelligence

The operational reality facing traffic managers, transport authorities and smart-city programmes today.

Fixed signal plans cannot adapt

Traditional signal timing ignores real-time conditions, causing congestion, missed public transport connections and unnecessary emissions as demand patterns shift throughout the day.

Fragmented data, no city-wide view

Sensors, cameras, PT data and traffic controllers operate in silos with no unified operational picture, making coordinated response to incidents or demand changes impossible.

Emissions and safety gap

Cities face EU climate targets and Vision Zero safety mandates but lack the tools to measure and optimise at intersection level, leaving a measurable gap between policy and operational reality.

Four-Layer Architecture

End-to-end from street sensor to city operations

Each layer is independently deployable, yet designed to work as a coherent system — from edge detection at each intersection through to citywide Digital Twin coordination.

Layer 1

Sensing and Edge

Real-time perception at street level

AI smart radars
Edge AI cameras
IoT traffic sensors
Air-quality sensors
Public-transport positioning data
Cyclist and pedestrian detection
Queue, speed and density measurement
Local anonymisation
Privacy-by-design processing

Video and sensor data are processed according to privacy-by-design principles, including edge anonymisation, data minimisation and role-based access.

Layer 2

Connectivity and Edge Computing

Low-latency communication and local intersection autonomy

MQTT, 5G, V2X
Secure edge gateways
NVIDIA Jetson or equivalent edge computing
Local inference
Resilient offline operation
Microservice-based integration
Secure device management

Every intersection can continue operating locally while remaining coordinated with the wider city network.

Layer 3

AI Core and Digital Twin

Prediction, simulation and adaptive optimisation

Deep Reinforcement Learning
Demand forecasting and queue prediction
Incident detection
Corridor optimisation
Digital Twin of intersections and road networks
What-if simulation
Emissions impact modelling
Public transport, municipal and external traffic data
Waze for Cities integration (where municipal access and licensing permit)

Traffic-control recommendations must be tested, constrained and validated before live deployment. Simulation results must be clearly distinguished from validated field performance.

Layer 4

Control and Operations

Controlled execution and citywide coordination

Traffic-controller integration
NTCIP-compatible APIs (where technically applicable)
Public transport priority
Emergency vehicle pre-emption
Green-wave coordination
Bicycle and pedestrian phases
Air-quality integration
Operations dashboard
Manual override
Human-in-the-loop approval
Audit logs and role-based control
Rollback and safety policies

Local autonomy. Central intelligence.

The hybrid model ensures intersections remain safe and functional at all times, while the city-level platform coordinates, learns and optimises across the full network.

At intersection level

  • Local detection and classification
  • Low-latency signal decisions
  • Resilient operation without cloud connectivity
  • Safe fallback signal plan

At city level

  • Network coordination and corridor optimisation
  • Digital Twin for simulation and planning
  • Demand forecasting and predictive management
  • Operational dashboards and reporting
  • Cloud-scale analytics and KPI tracking
  • Emissions and air-quality monitoring

Purpose-built modules

Six integrated modules covering every dimension of adaptive urban traffic — from edge sensing to emissions reporting.

TrafficSense™

Real-time detection and classification of vehicles, buses, cyclists and pedestrians using Edge AI camera and radar fusion.

SignalAI™

Adaptive signal timing and multi-intersection corridor coordination driven by live demand and Deep Reinforcement Learning.

MobilityTwin™

Digital Twin for intersections, corridors and citywide simulations enabling safe what-if testing before live deployment.

TransitPriority™

Dynamic priority for buses, trams and public transport fleets to improve punctuality and reduce passenger delay.

SafeFlow™

Safety and prioritisation for cyclists, pedestrians and emergency vehicles with dedicated phase management.

CleanTraffic™

Emissions-aware signal optimisation using live traffic data combined with air-quality sensor feeds and environmental targets.

Operational use cases

Deployed across urban intersections, transport corridors, event venues, airports and logistics campuses.

Public transport priority
Adaptive corridor control
Cyclist priority
Pedestrian safety
Emergency vehicle corridors
Congestion prediction
Event traffic management
Incident response
Emissions-aware signal control
Airport and campus traffic

KPI framework

Thirteen operational KPIs tracked from pilot baseline through live deployment — providing a transparent performance record for city governance.

Average journey time
Average intersection delay
Queue length
Public transport punctuality
Corridor travel speed
Stops per vehicle
Idle time
Throughput
Emergency vehicle clearance time
Cyclist / pedestrian waiting time
CO₂ and NOx indicators
Incident detection time
System availability

KPIs are established in pilot phase and used to validate system performance against baseline. Projections are model-based until validated with field data.

Deployment pathway

Every city deployment follows the same eight-stage progression — from audit and simulation through to citywide orchestration.

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City data and intersection audit

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Digital Twin and baseline model

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3

Simulation-only phase

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4

Shadow-mode recommendations

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5

Human-approved pilot

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Limited live adaptive deployment

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7

Corridor scale-up

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Citywide orchestration

Discuss a City Pilot

Every deployment begins with a simulation phase. No live traffic changes without human approval and validated performance against baseline.

Traffic-control recommendations are constrained, tested and approved before deployment. Navigato AI does not operate traffic infrastructure autonomously without explicit city authorisation and governance protocols.