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 Cleveland / Cuyahoga County Port Security Camera Installation including Vehicle Tracking System (VTS) | Planned | Short-Term Priority | With the aid of Homeland Security Funding, cameras will be installed underneath existing bridges along the Cuyahoga River to monitor river traffic. |
| City of Cleveland Automated Parking Facilities | Planned | Long-Term Priority | Possible IntelliDrive applications to assist travelers through on board devices. |
| City of Cleveland Special Event Traffic Planning | Planned | Long-Term Priority | Development of plans, procedures and systems to improve traffic conditions associated with special events such as concerts, sporting events, or festivals. |
| Computer Aided Dispatch Integration with ODOT FMS | Planned | Medium-Term Priority | Develop software to export traffic incidents input to CAD systems, and import the information to ODOT. Assumes 3 different CAD vendors, and 5 additional connections. Consider City of Cleveland. |
| Connection of Private Providers | Planned | Long-Term Priority | Private providers to work with ODOT to establish links with private providers to deliver traffic information to more people in different facets. |
| County Commercial Vehicle Operations | Planned | Long-Term Priority | System collecting data carried in trucks traveling on specific routes. |
| CSU Research Program | Planned | Short-Term Priority | Establish a research program, in conjunction with ODOT, to test new implementation concepts such as crash mitigation or work zone operations systems. |
| Cuyahoga County Evacuation Plan Updates | Planned | Short-Term Priority | Study and development of plan to evacuate Cuyahoga County in case of an emergency affecting mass area. |
| Cuyahoga County Port Authority Automated Parking Facilities | Planned | Medium-Term Priority | Automated parking facilities to show available parking at the airport |
| Cuyahoga County Port Authority DMS | Planned | Medium-Term Priority | DMS signs in allocated parking locations to provide incoming flight information to people picking up travelers. |
| Cuyahoga County Port Authority Electronic Payment Collection | Planned | Medium-Term Priority | Automated payment collection. |
| Cuyahoga County Port Authority Vehicle Classification Notification | Planned | Long-Term Priority | Weigh incoming vehicles and direct those over a certain weight to the necessary roadway for deliveries. |
| GCRTA / Laketran AVL System | Planned | Medium-Term Priority | Installation of AVL on all GCRTA and Laketran vehicles. |
| GCRTA / Laketran Transit Vehicle Updates | Planned | Short-Term Priority | Installation of Wireless Internet Feed on buses, automated signs, and annunciators. |
| GCRTA Bus Traffic Signal Priority | Planned | Short-Term Priority | 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. |
| GCRTA Clifton Corridor | Planned | Medium-Term Priority | Similar design to Euclid Corridor for corridor along Clifton Boulevard. |
| GCRTA Kiosks at Transfer Points | Planned | Medium-Term Priority | GCTRA to establish kiosk inside CVG airport to assist out of town users in finding their way using public transit. |
| GCRTA Passenger Management System | Planned | Short-Term Priority | System that provides fare reconciliation between peer agencies using a common travel card. |
| GCRTA Surveillance Control | Planned | Short-Term Priority | To include CCTV at certain locations to provide surveillance at stations and surrounding areas along Euclid Corridor. |
| IntelliDrive | Planned | Long-Term Priority | Deployment of IntelliDrive infrastructure, including roadside equipment and controller modifications, to implement vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communications in the 2014-2020 timeframe (as vehicles are equipped). IntelliDrive 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. IntelliDrive 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. http://www.intellidriveusa.org/ |
| Laketran Advanced Para-Transit Scheduling and Dispatch System | Planned | Short-Term Priority | Implement an advanced para-transit scheduling and dispatch system at Laketran coordinated with GCRTA. |
| Laketran Google Transit | Planned | Short-Term Priority | GCRTA will pair with Google to feed information on Google transit. |
| Laketran Metro Vehicle Updates | Planned | Medium-Term Priority | Upgrades in fareboxes hardware will enable accurate passenger counts to have real-time count of population on a bus at a given time. |
| Municipal Computer Aided Dispatch to Emergency Vehicles | Planned | Long-Term Priority | 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-Term Priority | Pre-emption signal system for emergency vehicles. |
| NOACA Animal Detection System | Planned | Medium-Term Priority | Placed at strategic locations where vehicle-animal crashes are frequent, this system can help warn drivers when large animals are present. The system detects motion by large animals using break-the-beam or area-cover sensors and then causes warning lights to flash. FHWA study in Montana has been completed and results are presented in final Reliability of Animal Detection Systems Report |
| NOACA Signal System Upgrades | Planned | Long-Term Priority | Signal upgrade and coordination along the major evacuation routes |
| NOACA Signal System Upgrades and Integrated Corridor Management | Planned | Long-Term Priority | Regional signal coordination system including freeway and arterial coordination system. Integration of arterial and freeway management systems along with transit in major corridors to improve overall corridor throughput. Includes development of concepts of operations, operational procedures, center-to-center interfaces, and integrated operational plans. Study corridor for potential improvements in signal progression, detection, DMS, and CCTV placement and implementation. |
| ODOT 511 Information System | Planned | Medium-Term Priority | Traveler information by dialing 511 number; provided by ODOT and private partnership. |
| ODOT DMS | Planned | Medium-Term Priority | Color DMS for inbound traffic. |
| ODOT Expand Traveler Information Delivery Methods | Planned | Short-Term Priority | Implement additional traveler information dissemination methods which may include cable TV station; personalized traveler information on a subscription basis delivered to cell phones, pagers, personal computing devices, etc.; connections to private sector service providers that provide content for in-vehicle computing devices; and other means that may emerge in the future. This should be implemented via a public-private partnership. The key public sector cost element will be in infrastructure to enable providing enhanced content to the private sector. |
| ODOT FMS Expansion | Planned | Long-Term Priority | Extend ODOT FMS field devices and communications on freeway system. Target the installation to meet needs. Full instrumentation may not be required. |
| ODOT Freeway Lane Control | Planned | Long-Term Priority | Permanent overhead signs to facilitate merging/use of shoulders. |
| ODOT Highway Advisory Radio Signs | Planned | Medium-Term Priority | Drivers would be warned by flashing beacons to tune their radio to a specific frequency to hear important messages. Recent advances in HAR systems allow adjacent radio transmitters to be synched to avoid interference and broadcast consistent messages. |
| ODOT Highway-Rail Intersection Advanced Safety Systems | Planned | Short-Term Priority | Install advanced Highway-Rail Safety Systems at key crossings. A study must be conducted to identify the crossings and the preferred system. |
| ODOT Increase Service Patrols | Planned | Short-Term Priority | Increase frequency on existing routes and expand geographic coverage. Purchase additional service patrol vehicles - two additional vehicles in Ohio. |
| ODOT Install Information Kiosks | Planned | Long-Term Priority | Implement multi-modal traveler information kiosks connected to Cleveland FMS at airport, key work sites, stadiums, etc. (5 kiosks in Ohio) |
| ODOT Maintenance Vehicle Upgrade | Planned | Long-Term Priority | Automatic Vehicle Location for maintenance vehicles. |
| ODOT Public Radio Station | Planned | Medium-Term Priority | Purchase a commercial power radio station to be used primarily during rush hour and special events. Consider partnering with CSU. |
| ODOT Winter Maintenance | Planned | Long-Term Priority | Install snow and ice detection management and advanced snow plow systems. Pilot project to assess use of 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 chemical already applied. Savings in chemical and sand, and reduction of ice and snow-related incidents are anticipated. |
| ODOT Work Zone Safety Improvements | Planned | Medium-Term Priority | Improvements to work zones to reduce collisions. Ability to alert drivers of a construction zone, roadway hazard, or speed change. |
| Rail Transit Operations - Light Rail Operations Center | Planned | Light rail option for special events occurring at the stadiums to help alleviate special event traffic congestion downtown. | |
| Regional ODOT Freeway Management System | Existing | Short Term Priority | To include TMC, DMS, CCTV, Flow detection, freeway service patrols, hybrid communications system, HAR, ramp metering, web-based services and inter-agency communications network. Many agencies (GCRTA, CECOMS, Cuyahoga County Emergency Management, etc) expressed a need to view information on CCTV and DMS from Cleveland Freeway Management Project. |