Distributed Video Sensors Provide Automated Surveillance of Traffic Flow on the Long Island Expressway.

Abstract

Advanced Traffic Management Systems (ATMS) are designed to provide real time traffic monitoring, situation assessment, and response capability to the traffic engineer. In an urban freeway environment, incident management is one of the most critical and effective elements of an ATMS system. Incident management involves the rapid detection, confirmation and response to incidents such as vehicle accidents and breakdowns. This paper discusses the Traffic Flow Visualization and Control (TFVC) System under development for implementation on the Long Island Expressway in New York. The purpose of this system is to significantly improve the incident management capability for the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA305208

Entities

People

  • Jennifer L. Lovelace
  • Scott S. Shyne

Organizations

  • Rome Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Department Of State
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Engineers
  • Environment
  • Flow
  • Flow Visualization
  • Monitoring
  • New York
  • Surveillance
  • Transportation
  • Visualizations

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.