| Project Title: |
MOBILE, ALABAMA ITS INTEGRATION |
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| Project Status: | In Progress | |
| Project Type: |
Deployment/Integration |
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| Project Description: | The goals of this FY 1999 ITS Integration Program project are the development of integrated, National ITS Architecture - conforming Freeway Management and Incident Management systems, and the planning for follow-on integration and deployment of Metropolitan ITS infrastructure. The objectives of a freeway and incident management system which would apply to the Mobile area are to effectively perform such functions as surveillance and incident detection, information dissemination, and coordination with other traffic and freeway management systems and incident detection. Mobile has several building blocks of these components already in place but requires an integration approach in bringing these elements together to work in a unified manner. Two key components need to be implemented in Mobile: additional field and communication equipment. For example, the regional traffic management center in place does not have the necessary equipment for monitoring the appropriate arterials to aid in the dissemination of traveler information and provide surveillance and incident detection. Also, since the Mobile area has had only one ITS-funded project deployed, the Fog Detection Project, the purchase of additional equipment is critical to create a regional ITS architecture to support integrated ITS deployment. The ITS integration plan will be developed as a long-range plan describing how the existing systems can come together, and by utilizing the National Architecture, to form a regional architecture through the use of market packages. The plan will be able to set both short-term and long-term goals and objectives. Market packages such as Network Surveillance, Incident Management, and Traffic Information Dissemination can provide useful information by linking agencies and informing the public through user services. User services can include identifying scheduled/planned incidents (e.g. construction activity), detect incidents, formulate response actions, support initialization of response actions (Mobile County Emergency Management Center), and predict hazardous conditions. |
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| Project Location: | Mobile, Alabama | |
| Project Partner(s): | Alabama DOT, City of Mobile, County of Mobile, Metropolitan Transit Authority, South Alabama Regional Planning Commission | |
| Project Start Date: | September 1999 | |
| Project End Date: | December 2003 | |
| Estimated Total ITS Funds: | $1,979,000 | |
| Estimated Total Project Cost: | $2,311,000 |
| Project Contacts: | ||
Linda Guin |
FHWA Alabama Division, HDA-AL |
(334) 223-7377 |
Ext. |
Bob Kratzer |
Alabama DOT |
(334) 242-6253 |
Ext. |