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In Monroe County, New York, the closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera provided traffic operators the availability of visual information so they can examine real time incident conditions and provide a higher and more responsive quality of service to

FINDINGSTo review intangible benefits from the installation of CCTV cameras, the evaluation team interviewed RTOC operators to get their experiences after the incidents data collection period. The…
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04/28/2009

In Monroe County, New York, the Camera Deployment and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Integration project reduced incident validation times by 50 to 80 percent saving between 5 and 12 minutes per incident.

FINDINGS Operators at the RTOC maintained a log book, keeping track of incident milestones and describing their actions from October 2005 though February 1, 2006. Operators were able to validate…
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Improve overall usefulness of a closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera by expanding the coverage, color-vision features, and operational availability of the camera.

While interviewing RTOC operators to review intangible benefits from the installation of CCTV, the evaluation team could derive the following lessons learned: Expand a camera's coverage from one…
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04/28/2009

Partner with neighboring agencies, either formally or informally, to address institutional challenges and benefit from cross-jurisdictional traffic signal coordination.

Cross-jurisdictional signal coordination is an achievable goal for any size community regardless of the number of jurisdictions involved, the type of signal hardware and communication equipment, or…
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02/07/2007

Monroe County, NY, deployed five CCTV cameras at high priority intersections at a cost of $279,338.

The Monroe County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) opened a Regional Traffic Operations Center (ROTC) in 2002 to improve operations throughout the City of Rochester and along the county's…
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06/04/2009