Articles/Blogs

October 7, 2024

Rural roads see more fatal accidents and looking for A.I. to help

In 2021, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), presented findings that the rate of crashes in the U.S. was 46 per cent higher on rural roads versus urban.

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June 25, 2021

Burlington Chamber of Commerce recognized iris excellence

The Burlington Chamber of Commerce presented its 2021 Business Excellence Awards recognizing leadership and innovation within the community.

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November 7, 2024

Enhancing Road Safety with MIRE 2.1 and Iris’s A.I. Mapping Solutions

U.S. States like Michigan, Florida and North Carolina are following MIRE standardization and it’s now becoming the standard across the country, according to Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) there are avenues for these states to obtain funding alternatives. 

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September 6, 2024

Labor shortages threaten road safety in North America

The lack of skilled workers threatens timely project completion and daily road-safety measures.

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September 26, 2023

Celebrating Vaughan’s award-winning approach to patrolling roads

Vaughan, Canada were recognized again for their award-winning Road Patrol Manager, in partnership with iris.

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July 03, 2023

Brisbane, Australia: Egis x Iris R&D Group collaboration

Iris partnered with Egis to strengthen road user safety and maintenance service levels on critical road and tunnel infrastructures in Brisbane.

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May 30, 2023

City named innovative management practices winner for use of A.I. technology in transportation pilot

Hamilton, Canada was recognized by the Municipal Road and Infrastructure Association at the 2021 John Niedra Better Practices Competition, in partnership with iris.

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May 30, 2023

Celebrating innovative road operations

Vaughan, Canada were recognized by the Ontario Public Works Association with the prestigious Project of the Year Award, in partnership with iris.

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March 2, 2023

How winning InfraChallenge helped IRIS to scale up their A.I. solution for infrastructure maintenance

In 2021, Canadian start-up IRIS won the InfraChallenge with their InfraTech solution using A.I.-enabled cameras to detect road hazards in real time for faster and safer road maintenance.

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May 29, 2022

Grey County to use camera-based tech to gather road data

Grey County, Canada partnered with iris to improve their quality and accuracy of their road and pavement data.

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Feb 07, 2022

The new innovators by Canadian Business

Iris was spotlighted by Canadian Business for their New Innovators segment.

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November 01, 2021

A Canadian Tech Start-Up, IRIS Wins G20 Italian Presidential Competition

In 2021, iris won the Global Infrastructure Hub (GI Hub) ‘InfraChallenge’ supported by the Italian G20 Presidency.

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