Projects
The Regional ITS Architecture provides a starting point for project definition. It provides an overall framework that shows how anticipated projects will integrate with each other and with existing systems. This page lists all the ITS projects that have been mapped to the regional ITS architecture.
| Project | Status | Timeframe | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Newton Falls Signal Pre-emption | Planned | Short | Pre-emption will be provided on all approaches for four signalized intersections including W. Broad at Ridge/Windham, W. Broad at Canal, Broad at Center, and E. Broad at Milton. Seventeen emergency vehicles, including fire, EMS, and police, will be retrofitted with the proper equipment. |
| Connected Vehicle | Planned | Long | Deployment of Connected Vehicle infrastructure, including roadside equipment and controller modifications, to implement vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communications in the 2014-2020 timeframe (as vehicles are equipped). Connected Vehicle is a suite of technologies and applications that use wireless communications to provide connectivity that can deliver transformational safety, mobility, and environmental improvements in surface transportation. Applications provide connectivity with and among vehicles, between vehicles and the roadway infrastructure, and among vehicles, infrastructure, and wireless devices (consumer electronics, such as cell phones and PDAs) that are carried by drivers, pedestrians, and bicyclists. |
| Connection of Private Providers | Planned | Long | Private providers to work with ODOT to establish links with private providers to deliver traffic information to more people in different facets. |
| Eastgate / County Signal System Upgrades and Evacuation Plan Updates - Part 1 | Planned | Short | Study and development of plan to evacuate Trumbull and Mahoning Counties in case of an emergency affecting mass area. |
| Eastgate / County Signal System Upgrades and Evacuation Plan Updates - Part 2 | Planned | Long | Signal upgrade and coordination along the major evacuation routes. |
| Mahoning / Trumbull Counties Commercial Vehicle Operations | Planned | Long | System collecting data carried in trucks traveling on specific routes. |
| Municipal Computer Aided Dispatch to Emergency Vehicles | Planned | Long | Integrating the computer aided dispatch to the emergency management center that will allow the operators to dispatch emergency response vehicles to the scene more rapidly. |
| Municipal Signal Pre-Emption | Planned | Long | Pre-emption signal system for emergency vehicles |
| NiTTS Advanced Paratransit Scheduling and Dispatch System | Planned | Short | Implement an advanced para-transit scheduling and dispatch system at NiTTS coordinated with WRTA. |
| NiTTS AVL System | Planned | Medium | Installation of AVL on all NiTTS vehicles. |
| NiTTS Google Transit | Planned | Short | NiTTS will pair with Google to feed information on Google transit. |
| ODOT Highway-Rail Intersection Advanced Safety Systems | Planned | Long | Install advanced Highway-Rail Safety Systems at key crossings. A study must be conducted to identify the crossings and the preferred system. |
| ODOT Install Snow and Ice Detection Management and Advanced Snow Plow Systems | Planned | Long | Road weather information systems integrated with advanced technology snow plows. These systems provide early warning of icing and snow, and meter the amount of chemical and/or sand applied based on surface conditions, including amount of chemicals already applied. |
| ODOT Maintenance Vehicle Upgrade | Planned | Long | Automatic Vehicle Location for maintenance vehicles. |
| ODOT Service Patrols | Planned | Medium | Purchase and operate one freeway service patrol vehicle. |
| ODOT Traveler Information Delivery Methods | Planned | Medium | Implement traveler information dissemination methods which may include personalized traveler information on a subscription basis delivered to cell phones, pagers, personal computing devices. Information gathered through various detection methods could also be displayed on BuckeyeTraffic.org. The key public sector cost element will be in infrastructure to enable providing enhanced content to the private sector. |
| ODOT Work Zone Safety Improvements | Planned | Medium | Improvements to work zones to reduce collisions. Ability to alert drivers of a construction zone, roadway hazard, or speed change. |
| Trumbull County - The North River Road / Elm Road Safety Enhancement Project | Planned | Short | This project will consist of constructing a skid resistant surface course, upgrading pavement markings, improving traffic lane alignments, and upgrading the existing traffic signals to optimize traffic timing and flow. Access management will also be considered within the projects limits of 150 feet in all directions. |
| Trumbull County - Warren Sharon Road/Howland Wislon Road Intersection Project | Planned | Short | This intersection improvement project will consist of a signal improvement and the addition of left turn lanes at the intersection of Warren Sharon Road and Howland Wilson Road in Howland Township. |
| Trumbull County Maintenance Vehicle Upgrade | Planned | Medium | Automatic Vehicle Location for maintenance vehicles. |
| WRTA Bus Traffic Signal Priority | Planned | Medium | Study key transit corridors for applicability of bus traffic signal priority to improve transit travel time. Implement transit signal priority on traffic signals on identified corridors. |
| WRTA Kiosks at Transfer Points | Planned | Medium | WRTA to establish kiosk at key locations to provide bus route information and trip planning. |
| WRTA Passenger Management System | Planned | Short | System that provides fare reconciliation between peer agencies using a common travel card. |
| WRTA Surveillance Control | Planned | Medium | To include CCTV at certain locations to provide surveillance at stations and surrounding areas for security purposes. |
| WRTA/NiTTS Transit Vehicle Updates | Planned | Short | Installation of Wireless Internet Feed on buses, automated signs, and annunciators. |
| YSU Research Program: Real-Time Stress Monitoring of Highway Bridges | Planned | Short | This collaborative research aims to develop a real-time stress monitoring system for highway bridges with a secured wireless sensor network. The program monitors the stress of highway bridges in Mahoning County with a light-weight and reliable wireless sensor network by applying state of the art technologies in wireless networks, sensor technologies, peer-peer communications, embedded systems, and power managements. The near term goal is to collect wireless sensor data under different traffic patterns from local highway bridges. The long term goal is to build a non-destructive structural health monitoring system and derive a structural health index to predict the remaining life span of a highway bridge in order to save human lives, avoid costly failure, provide timely restoration, prevent unnecessary reconstructions, and minimize disruptions of traffic. |
| YSU Research Program: Work Zones | Planned | Medium | Establish a research program, in conjunction with ODOT, to test new implementation concepts such as crash mitigation or work zone operations systems. |