| Project Title: |
PHASE II: ARTERIAL COMMUNICATIONS AND SURVEILLANCE DEPLOYMENT PROJECT |
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| Project Status: | In Progress | |
| Project Type: |
Deployment/Integration |
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| Project Description: | This project constitutes the FY 2000 ITS Integration Program earmark for Nashville, Tennessee. The objectives of this project support several long term ITS goals including enhanced arterial management, improved incident detection and management, real-time traffic control, and better inter-agency communication. The project focus is on design and installation of multiple fiber optic communications backbones along a number of congested arterial corridors within the Nashville metropolitan area. These communication backbones will be designed with enough capacity to accommodate ITS needs required by currently funded and future ITS projects developed by Metro. The initial design will also include an evaluation of TDOT's current communications plan. This evaluation will identify opportunities to coordinate the efforts and strategies of both agencies. In addition to the communications element, this project will include the installation of CCTV video surveillance. This will provide the initial installation of the Metro surface street monitoring system. The video surveillance will be used in the verification of incidents and the implementation of improved signal control along these corridors. The installation of a communications backbone will provide the necessary infrastructure required to integrate Metro's proposed incident detection system, arterial surveillance system, and traffic control system. It will also provide the initial stages for the required infrastructure to link each of the proposed traffic management centers in the region. In the future, it may be used for the installation of VMS devices or other ITS components located along the selected corridors. |
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| Project Location: | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Project Partner(s): | FHWA, Tennessee DOT, Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County | |
| Project Start Date: | January 2001 | |
| Project End Date: | January 2003 | |
| Estimated Total ITS Funds: | $786,421 | |
| Estimated Total Project Cost: | $1,572,842 |
| Project Contacts: | ||
Michael Smart |
FHWA Tennessee Division, HPR-TN |
(615) 781-5775 |
Ext. |
Devin Doyle |
Nashville and Davidson Co. Dept. of Public Works |
(615) 862-8764 |
Ext. |