TransCore involved in two ITS New York awards

TransCore has announced it participated in two winning projects announced at the ITS New York 18th Annual Meeting and Technology Exhibition. Of the six projects to receive awards, TransCore participated in the Outstanding Project of the Year in Traffic Control Systems for Integrated Adaptive Traffic Signal Control Decision Support and the Outstanding Project of the Year in Roadway Management for the New York State Thruway's Woodbury Toll Barrier - Highway Speed E-Z Pass system.
April 19, 2012 Read time: 2 mins
139 Transcore has announced it participated in two winning projects announced at the ITS New York 18th Annual Meeting and Technology Exhibition. Of the six projects to receive awards, TransCore participated in the Outstanding Project of the Year in Traffic Control Systems for Integrated Adaptive Traffic Signal Control Decision Support and the Outstanding Project of the Year in Roadway Management for the New York State Thruway's Woodbury Toll Barrier - Highway Speed E-Z Pass system.

The New York City Department of Transportation, 4045 KLD Associates, TransCore, and 6626 Image Sensing Systems implemented what is being claimed as one of the world's most advanced traffic signal control systems in Staten Island with expansion currently occurring throughout New York City. This new traffic advanced control system includes vehicle sensor technology, advanced traffic signal controllers, and New York city's wireless network to improve traffic flow by optimising traffic signal patterns to respond to changing traffic volumes. The wireless communication system transmits traffic information between signals at intersections and New York City DOT's traffic management centre.

TransCore’s role was the development of specifications for acceptance testing of advanced traffic signal controllers. In addition, the company customised its TransSuite - traffic control software for the New York City DOT to include a software interface for the exchange of real-time travel time data between the NYC traffic control system and the adaptive control system.

The winning roadway management project award saw the New York State Thruway, Henningson, Durham & Richardson, 4042 Greenman Pedersen, MJ Engineering and Land Surveying, TransCore, Foit Albert Associates, Yonkers Contracting Company, The LiRo Group, and 4984 Kapsch TrafficCom implementing open road tolling (ORT) at the Thruway's Woodbury Plaza. For the first time, E-Z Pass customers, including commercial vehicles, can travel from the Tappan Zee Bridge toll barrier on the Hudson River to the Williamsville toll barrier just east of Buffalo without stopping or slowing down.

TransCore’s role was to design the electrical elements of the high speed E-Z Pass (ORT) lanes, which included the antennas, readers, a violation enforcement system, an automatic vehicle classification (AVC) system, and overview cameras. In addition, the company completed a conduit and cable design for electrical power and communications between the equipment.
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