| Project Title: |
TUCSON, ARIZONA INTEGRATION OF REAL-TIME TRAFFIC INFORMATION FOR ADAPTIVE SIGNAL CONTROL, TRAVELER INFORMATION AND MANAGEMENT OF TRANSIT AND EMERGENCY SERVICES |
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| Project Status: | In Progress | |
| Project Type: |
Deployment/Integration |
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| Project Description: | In the last few years the Systems
and Industrial Engineering Department at the University of Arizona (UofA)
has been involved with several ITS projects including operational testing
of traffic adaptive signal control and research/development of innovative
approaches to real-time prediction of traffic conditions and transit priority.
This FY 1999 ITS Integration Program project will integrate many of the
results and findings from these projects. In particular, the UofA and its
partners/collaborators will integrate available real-time traffic information
from loop detectors and other sources for real-time traffic-adaptive signal
control, for real-time traffic prediction for traveler information, for
adaptive signal priority for transit vehicles, and for pro-active coordination
of signal phasing to provide preemptive pathways for emergency vehicles. This project consists of five sub-projects: Development of an ITS strategic deployment plan and an architecture that allows for the integration of the required real-time information; Deployment and integration of a real-time traffic prediction method for traveler information systems; Deployment and integration of a real-time traffic adaptive signal system for a grid of intersections; Deployment and integration of transit signal priority for an arterial; and Deployment and integration of route advisory and limited traffic signal coordination/preemption for emergency vehicles. |
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| Project Location: | Tucson, Arizona | |
| Project Partner(s): | FHWA, Arizona DOT, City of Tucson, Pima Association of Governments, Gardner Systems, Catalina Engineering, Inc. | |
| Project Start Date: | September 1999 | |
| Project End Date: | June 2004 | |
| Estimated Total ITS Funds: | $791,469 | |
| Estimated Total Project Cost: | $2,270,000 |
| Project Contacts: | ||
Alan Hansen |
FHWA Arizona Division, HPR1-AZ |
(602) 379-3645 |
Ext. 108 |
Pitu Mirchandani |
University of Arizona |
(520) 621-2990 |
Ext. |