MDOT recreates its traffic management center at 2014 ITS World Congress
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has recreated its Southeast Michigan Traffic Management Center (Booth: 2027) at 2014 ITS World Congress. The center is recognised as one of the most innovative TMCs in the U.S., having to deal with a complex multi-modal transportation network on the border of Canada.
September 7, 2014
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The 1688 Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has recreated its Southeast Michigan Traffic Management Center (Booth: 2027) at 2014 6456 ITS World Congress. The center is recognised as one of the most innovative TMCs in the U.S., having to deal with a complex multi-modal transportation network on the border of Canada.
Traffic management administrators will monitor traffic in real time and field real calls on the showroom floor as part of their daily operations in Detroit. Attendees will be able to interact with monitors set up in the temporary center, seeing how MDOT responds to congestion and incidents on the city’s streets.
Local, county, state and federal officials will also showcase how they coordinate with partners such as Amtrak and the 4273 Ministry of Transportation Ontario.
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teris won a $580,000 contract has the final integration phase of the San Mateo Smart Corridor Program, continuing a collaboration of 13 agencies and cities to design, deploy and integrate ITS solutions and strategies along the US-101 corridor in the county.
A new generation traffic cone management system is being shown at Intertraffic on the Janschitz Traffic Services stand. The fully-automatic X-Cone allows a single worker to set out and collect cones (even if the cone is out of position or laying down) and is unaffected by weather or temperature.
Visitors to the Swarco booth at the ITS World Congress Detroit will be introduced to the group’s extensive traffic management and ITS capabilities by means of a touchscreen application and the integrating Omnia platform.
Parking guidance signage, parking sensors and single-space monitoring LEDs, as well as an eco-designed LED traffic light and a push-button with acoustic feature, will be on display.
As a leading producer of highly energy-efficient variable message signs, Swarco will present as a highl
Laser Technology is showcasing its line of laser-based measurement instruments, highlighting real-world profile and event trigger deployments in North Carolina, Texas, Colorado and South America. The measurement systems are being used in red light cameras, license plate recognition and vehicle classification applications.
