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Category: Professional

Professional writing by Caspian Ale on traffic engineering, transportation, data, technology, public-sector decision-making, and practical tools.

  • Signal Warrants App: From Frustration to a Free Engineering Toolsig

    I built a free Signal Warrants app after getting frustrated with paid software limitations, especially around rolling hours, usability, and transparency. This is the story of turning that frustration into a practical engineering tool, one small step at a time. Read more →

    Promotional graphic for a Signal Warrants Analysis web app showing a traffic signal icon, the title “Signal Warrants Analysis,” and a checklist of MUTCD 11th Edition signal warrants.

  • Photo Mapper

    A small field-visit tool for mapping geotagged photos. PhotoMapper reads GPS metadata from uploaded photos, places them on a map where they were taken, and makes field photo review faster and easier. Read more →

    Screenshot of the PhotoMapper web app showing an upload panel on the left and an interactive map of the Atlanta area on the right, where uploaded geotagged field photos can be placed based on GPS metadata.

  • Quantify or Quantize?

    A short rabbit hole into the difference between quantify and quantize, and why the distinction matters more than it first appears when thinking about engineering, data, physics, and emerging technologies. Read more →