Live map and table
Every node on a map refreshed every 60 seconds, with a table view of the same data for people who prefer rows to pins.
- Current sign messages and speed limits
- Speed, volume and occupancy by lane
- Live video on demand
LaneWarden Command
The platform that runs the rules and keeps the record
A live map of every node, the rules that pick sign messages, the approvals that control them, the alerts that reach the right people, and the archive that answers questions years later.
Features
Six things Command does all day
Hosted in a U.S. region, used in a browser, built for ten or more people at once: operators, the engineer, the contractor's supervisor and the on-call technician.
Rules engine
Queue warning, delay, speed management, entry warning and weather rules, with the thresholds set in the system plan.
- Two bins in, three bins out
- Crest-aware sign selection
- Fail-safe on missing data
Message library and approvals
Automated messages come only from the approved library. Anything else needs approval, and every manual message has a one-click return to automation.
- Approval workflow for the agency's public information staff
- Manual override by designated staff only
- Daily check against permanent ITS sign messages
Alerts
Text and email alerts to the right people for traffic events and for device faults, as set in the alert matrix.
- Delay thresholds and queue length
- Communications, position and data gaps
- Power and low battery
WZDx feed
A WZDx 4.2 device feed published every 60 seconds, plus secure intake of third-party data such as the agency's traveler information feed.
- Every node mapped to its WZDx device type
- Planned event IDs from the agency
- Version tracking
Archive and reports
Every reading, message, status change and alarm, kept for at least three years after the project, with the reports the contract requires.
- CSV and Excel export
- Weekly and monthly reports
- Delay compliance and intrusion logs
Message control
The agency stays in charge of what drivers read
Portable signs speak for the agency. Command makes sure every word on them was approved, and that anyone can see why it is there.
- 1
Rules pick from the library
Automated messages come only from the approved library, filled in with live values such as travel time.
- 2
Anything else needs approval
A manual message is requested by an operator and approved by the agency's public information officer or the engineer.
- 3
Every change is logged
Who asked, who approved, why, when it went up and when it came down.
- 4
One click back
Return to automation restores the rules on that sign. Nothing stays manual by accident.
MK-WB · westbound
Queue warningSTOPPEDTRAFFICAHEAD
1/2BEPREPAREDTO STOP
2/2- Source
- Rule: queue warning, heavy
- Why this sign
- Nearest sign at least ½ mile before the tail
- Detection
- P-4 reads 11 mph
- Release
- After three calmer 60-second bins
Example from the demonstration corridor. Simulated data.
Service levels
Targets we design to
- Command availability
- 99.9%
- Monthly design target; specifications typically require 99%
- Data correction
- 1 h
- Bad or missing data corrected or flagged
- Field repairs
- 24 h
- From fault alert to working device
- Archive
- 3 yr
- All data, messages and alarms after the project ends
Security
Built to the agency's security policies
A system that can change highway signs has to be hard to misuse. These controls are part of the design; a security audit is planned before deployment.
Least-privilege roles
Role-based accounts; only designated staff can override signs.
Strong sign-in
Single sign-on with multi-factor authentication for privileged users, lockout after failed attempts.
Sessions
20-minute idle timeout and passwords of at least 9 characters.
Audit trail
Every message, override, threshold change and acknowledgment is logged.
No open ports in the field
Nodes connect outbound only, through a VPN with IP allowlisting.
Tested and sanitized
Vulnerability scanning, an incident response plan and NIST SP 800-88 media sanitization.
Guides
Go deeper
Data
WZDx device feeds, explained
The Work Zone Data Exchange gives agencies and navigation services one format for work zones and the devices in them. What the device feed contains, field by field, with an example.
3 min read
Queue warning
How end-of-queue warning systems work
Detection, thresholds, sign placement and the hidden-queue problem: how a queue warning system decides what drivers see, and what to ask of one.
3 min read
Next step
Planning a work zone that needs to be smart?
Tell us about the corridor, the schedule and the specification. We will walk you through how the system would be laid out and run.