Wisconsin Rapids adopts Linkthings train-sensor app to ease emergency response and commuter delays
Mayor Matt Zacker said the city is working with Linkthings on a sensor-and-app system to show train positions and predicted arrival times so residents and emergency responders can avoid delays; the initial priority is ambulance and fire routing.
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Mayor Matt Zacker described a pilot with Linkthings that uses trackside sensors and an app to provide real-time train location and predicted arrival times. "The main reason we're doing it was for ambulances and... fire trucks and police so that they can see ahead of time if they need to take a different route," Zacker said, explaining the technology is a less costly alternative to building an overpass or underpass.
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