A Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) project to widen 96 miles of Interstate 35 (I-35) through central Texas has led to the design of an innovative end-of-queue system that reduced crashes by up to 45%.
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In our Roads&Bridges case study from March 2013, we reported that the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) had recently announced the installation of a new traffic safety countermeasure on I-35 work zones.
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When Texas A&M Transportation Institute was asked to devise a temporary traveller information system for work zones, it started by asking drivers what they need. Robert Brydia explains the thinking, implementation and results.
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“The iCone is a device that beams realtime traffic information over the Internet to a central web site for use by government officials, emergency response personnel, trucking fleets, the public and information resellers, including media outlets and GPS services like Garmin. The product is comprised of a highway construction barrel with a computer chip, circuit board, GPS device, radar sensor and networking capability inside.
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Caltrans’ Division of Research and Innovation releases final report on the Evaluation of Methods to Reduce Speed in Work Zones.
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One of the innovative technologies planned for the project is the iCone, a standard channelizing traffic barrel equipped with a radar gun, GPS antenna, cellular modem and battery. Using its cellular connection to the Internet, the iCone relays data to the iCone website (www.iconetraffic.com), where current traffic conditions can be monitored by the Regional Traffic Operations Center.
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Cars and trucks whizzed by a phalanx of orange-and-white striped barrels approaching the Sagamore Bridge yesterday.Tucked against a nearby sign, one of the plastic construction drums appeared brighter than the others. Meet the iCone, a barrel nearly indistinguishable from its more beat up brethren.
But it’s what’s inside the iCone that counts.
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A Liverpool startup that makes portable traffic monitoring devices will receive a $200,000 grant from the state to help market its product around the country.The state Energy Research and Development Authority has approved the grant for iCone Products LLC, the state said Tuesday.
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For the third year in a row, Caltrans closed the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge during Labor Day
Weekend while work was done on the bridge. A 300 foot long section was removed and a new section was moved into place connecting the east span with a new detour span at Yerba Buena Island. To do this, Caltrans chose to close the bridge from Thursday at 8 PM through Tuesday at 5 AM.
The Volpe Center has launched a bold, new intelligent transportation systems (ITS) initiative dubbed SafeTrip-21, for Safe and Efficient Travel Through Innovation and Partnerships for the 21st Century.
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A ‘smart’ road cone that monitors traffic and relays the data wirelessly has been approved for inclusion in the SafeTrip-21 ITS program run by the US DOT’s RITA. The iCone looks like a normal traffic barrel, but contains a suite of devices to provide information about its immediate environment to remote users.
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