Accurate data on traffic conditions is the key to planning. The iCone® system is portable, easy to set up, and affordable, so it allows for rapid collection of traffic data without investing in permanent infrastructure.
PLANNING PHASE
By placing a few iCones® around a proposed work zone for a short time, you can develop a good model of traffic speeds and densities based on time of day and day of week. This is real data easily accessible and available from the iConeTraffic.com web site that can be used to improve maintenance, design traffic control plans, construction staging, and traffic impact analysis. iCone® data can be used to individualize lane closure charts to both minimize disruption of traffic flow and maximize available working hours.
The result is improved motorist satisfaction and reduced bid prices.
EASY SETUP
Only iCone™ offers a work zone management system that sets up in minutes and can be remotely operated and monitored from your desk. Just drop the iCone™ at the roadside, aim at the traffic and turn on with a flip of the switch. From your office log on to iConetraffic.com and immediately see the traffic conditions at each iCone™. Then the iCone™ magic really begins. Name your work zone and group the related iCones together. Specify the location of variable message sign boards and other objects in or near the work zone and they appear on the map. Define each iCone’s specific function as part of the queue detection, as at the taper, or as inside the actual work zone.
EASY MONITORING WITH THE ICONE SYSTEM
By strategically placing iCones® while the project is underway the traffic manager or engineer can monitor the effectiveness of traffic control plans and make informed modifications as necessary. It is easy to collect metrics on traffic flow through the work zone using iCone’s® preprogrammed tools available on the website. If a detour or alternative route is available, a few iCones® placed along it will allow for monitoring of this route. The traffic manager, using the simple-to-use web tools, can insure that variable message signs automatically instruct motorists which route to take for proactive detour management based on real time conditions. The result is a work zone which can dramatically improve motorist and highway worker safety.
COMPREHENSIVE REPORTS
The iCone™ System can quickly give you information about your work zone. Reports are immediately available that provide, for example, the location of the end of the queue, travel time through the work zone, speeds at the taper, or speeds at another location where worker or motorist safety may be a concern. The iCone™ system is preprogrammed to collect these and other metrics. Once the metrics have been calculated the values can be used to control your programmable message boards right from the iConetraffic.com web site. A few iCones matched with a message board can drive real time “delay” or “slowed traffic” messages to the approaching traffic.