Geotab – Harnessing telematics to achieve New York City’s Vision Zero
NYC’s Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) implemented Geotab telematics as part of its Vision Zero initiative to encourage safe driver behaviour in its 30,000+ municipal fleet. Collision reporting data improves DCAS’ understanding of the occurrence of collisions, allowing for optimisation of driver safety training, evaluation of roadway conditions and efficacy assessment of street improvements and projects for all road users. The resulting programs directly led to a reduction in traffic and pedestrian fatalities.
At the core, telematics can monitor speeds, location, traffic congestion, road conditions, driving behaviours, accidents, vehicle maintenance, environmental conditions, and more – and report it all in near real-time. Seeing these types of variables and the accompanying data arms officials to better understand issues through advanced analytics, removing guesswork from the Vision Zero mission at the central command centre in NYC, the Fleet Office of Real-Time Tracking (FORT).