In January 2018, the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) began using a first-in-the-nation wrong-way detection system along a 15-mile stretch of Interstate 17 in Phoenix. The system includes…
05/20/2019
Taxonomy: Collision Avoidance, Enforcement, Surveillance
Along with the threat from monsoon storms in the summer and fall, conditions on stretches of I-10 are such that strong wind any time of the year can suddenly produce localized dust that severely…
11/18/2019
Taxonomy: Dynamic Message Signs
The City of Scottsdale implemented a project to upgrade its aging loop detection infrastructure with video-based vehicle detection technology. As part of a Bicycle Signal Detection program, the City…
11/27/2017
Taxonomy: Traffic
The Transportation Management Center Staffing and Scheduling for Day-to-Day Operations technical document provides guidance, useful strategies, suggested approaches and techniques, and recommended…
05/26/2016
Taxonomy: Response Management, Dynamic Message Signs, Ramp Metering, Traffic, Dynamic Message Signs, Detectors, Imaging / Video, Permanent TMCs, 511, 511, Internet / Wireless
Limitations in current traffic monitoring abilities are an ongoing negative issue for the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) and for its customers in both urban and rural areas. In this…
08/29/2014
Taxonomy: Traffic
This report discussed current and emerging technologies used to detect travel times and improve traffic management on arterial roadways. Several deployments were discussed with benefits cited for a…
11/30/2014
Taxonomy: Dynamic Message Signs, Traffic
An analysis conducted for the Arizona DOT (AzDOT) published in 2008 provided an estimate of the cost of a statewide automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) system. ALPR uses cameras and…
01/06/2012
Taxonomy: Electronic Payment & Pricing
An analysis conducted for the Arizona DOT (AzDOT) published in 2008 provided an estimate of the cost of a statewide electronic vehicle recognition (EVR) system. EVR uses radio frequency…
01/06/2012
Taxonomy: Electronic Payment & Pricing
The proposed work located on Loop 101 in Maricopa County extended from SR 51 to Princess Drive within the Cities of Phoenix and Scottsdale. The work consisted of expanding the existing Freeway…
01/30/2012
Taxonomy: Dynamic Message Signs, Ramp Metering, Traffic