Those little rubber hoses you see on the street can sometimes be a cumbersome and expensive way to count cars. 

Washington-based analytics company INRIX has announced a NEW way to do this: an "intersection intelligence platform", providing cities and transportation agencies data from connected cars.

To learn more, KCBS Radio News anchors Stan Bunger and Susan Leigh Taylor spoke with Ted Trepanier, senior director of public sector services at INRIX.