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ADOT installs first-of-its-kind wrong-way driver thermal detection system in Phoenix for $3.7 million

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

Arizona DOT utilized $6.5 million in FASTLANE grant funds to deploy dust detection system along I-10 stretch prone to blowing dust.

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

Video-based vehicle detection technology installed at 17 intersections was estimated to cost $350,910.

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 cost of O&M at the Arizona TMC was estimated at $2 million per year.

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

Total cost of Phoenix, Arizona-based testbed facility used to identify top vehicle detection technologies estimated to be $566,000.

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

A Bluetooth travel time detection system with seven detectors was integrated into a DMS roadside traveler information system for $90,000.

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

Cost estimates for rural ITS in Arizona (ITS maintenance, weather information systems, highway advisory radio, motorist assistance patrols, and training applications) totaled $3.78 million per year for five years.

This project investigated rural ITS for the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) and reviewed current practices and concepts used by transportation agencies across the country. The primary…
09/11/2013
Taxonomy: Information Dissemination, Information Dissemination, Service Patrols

In Arizona, the estimated cost of a statewide Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) system at 55 sites is $9.98 million.

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

In Arizona, the estimated cost of a statewide Electronic Vehicle Registration (EVR) system using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology is $49.6 million.

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 Arizona DOT installed a freeway management system to control and monitor traffic on an 7.5-mile section of Loop 101 in the area of Scottsdale/Phoenix for approximately $1.6 million (2009).

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