AI Forecasting Helps Reduce Capital Costs and Maximize Returns

Client Overview

A national infrastructure investment trust overseeing major road assets across the country, aiming to enhance the financial viability and long-term planning of its asset base through more accurate traffic forecasting

Problem Statement

• Traffic forecasts lacked accuracy, leading to mispriced road asset acquisitions and elevated financial exposure.
• High capital costs due to limited investor confidence in future revenue projections.
• Suboptimal resource allocation in road network operations due to unreliable demand estimates.
• Absence of long-term visibility into traffic patterns, creating uncertainty around infrastructure investments.

Solution Provided

Decimal Point Analytics deployed a suite of advanced AI and ML solutions to address the client’s forecasting challenges:

• Built AI-powered traffic forecasting models across short (1-year), medium (3-year), and long-term (20-year) horizons.
• Leveraged machine learning and deep learning models integrating real-time and historical traffic datasets.
• Implemented graph-based modeling to analyze regional traffic flows and guide road planning.
• Developed an automated engine for dynamic adjustments to economic, environmental, and behavioral factors.

Outcome

• Delivered high forecast accuracy, reducing revenue leakage from underperforming tolls.
• Enabled optimized road asset pricing and investment decisions backed by data.
• Lowered capital expenditure as investors gained visibility and confidence in future revenue streams.
• Supported long-range planning with AI-powered insights on urbanization, infrastructure usage, and economic trends.

Key Takeaway

AI-driven traffic forecasting is a powerful enabler of cost-efficient infrastructure investment, helping organizations gain foresight, reduce risk, and drive smarter decisions.

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