a better & safer us highway 90 along the mississippi gulf coast
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A Better & Safer US Highway 90 along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. By Mike Stokes Intelligent Transportation Systems Manager MDOT – Traffic Engineering. To make travel along US Highway 90 more efficient and safer for the citizens and visitors of the Gulf Coast by deploying - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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A Better & SaferUS Highway 90
along the
Mississippi Gulf Coast
By
Mike Stokes
Intelligent Transportation Systems Manager
MDOT – Traffic Engineering
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Project Vision
To make travel along US Highway 90
more efficient and saferfor the citizens and visitors of the Gulf Coast by deploying
integrated Intelligent Transportation
Systemsalong the entire corridor.
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ITS Systems
Traveler InformationSystems
Freeway ManagementSystems
Traffic SignalControl
Transit ManagementSystems
TollCollection
ElectronicFarePayment
Incident Management
Highway-RailIntersections
Emergency
Management
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Project Challenges
• Six local jurisdictions and two counties along the corridor
• Inter-connect 54 intersections
• Funding – ER vs. State match
• Communications infrastructure
• Rapid research and review of technology
• Rapid design development process
• Available and qualified contractors
• Overall project divided into five phases
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ITS Technology
• Inter-connected signal controllers
• A wireless broadband communications network
• Traffic monitoring cameras (CCTV)
• Video detection sensors
• Construction monitoring cameras
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Eagle EPAC M52 TS-2 Type 2 Controller
• Exceeds NEMA TS-1 & TS-2 standards
• Built in ethernet port
• Removable hand-held front panel display
• Built in infrared port
• 8 MB of flash memory is used to retain all timing and control parameters during power outages.
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ACTRA & Pocket ACTRA
• Allows users to view parameters and control any connected intersection
• Provides for dynamic intersection grouping
• Provides priority preemption for emergency vehicles
• Hand-held PDA local controller tool that allows users to upload/download controller data and monitor the status of intersections
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Benefits of a Broadband Wireless Network
• Faster to deploy
• Easier to scale
• More flexibility
• Multipath redundancy
• Reduced cost-per-mile of coverage
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Features of MDOT’s Gulf Coast MSTraffic Wireless Network
• Licensed 100 Mbps, full duplex, point to point backbone network
• Unlicensed (900 Mhz) & licensed (4.9 Ghz) point-to-Multi-point distribution base stations
• Unlicensed 1.5 Mbps to local intersections
• Central collection point for data and video
• Automatic redundancy for backbone network
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Traffic Monitoring Cameras (CCTV)
• 12 new traffic cameras on corridor
• MPEG-4 video feeds sent to MSTraffic.com website for traveler information
• Video sharing with media and local municipalities
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Video Detection Sensors
• Advanced sensors – in-ground loops
• Left turn lanes and side street detection
• Data collection and reporting
• Streaming video at stop bar
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Construction Cameras
• High-definition, wide-angle shot every 15 minutes
• Images are archived and are accessible by users
• FTP images can be directly sent to multiple web-servers
• Provides weather conditions for construction site
• Time-lapse movie of construction project
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Questions?
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