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USING TEMPORARY

ITS FOR EVENTS
"You Never Know What Might
Happen"
iCone logo

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BACKGROUND

NEW YORK STATE FAIR

  • Largest Fair in U.S.A.
  • 100K Attendees/day Typical
  • Limited Access Points

ITS Monitoring

  • Fixed Infrastructure Design
  • Some Near the Fairgrounds on Interstates
  • Other Routes Have No ITS


 

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TRAFFIC MONITORING PLAN
AD HOC EXPERIMENT
  • Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
  • iCone Products, LLC
  • NYSDOT Cooperation

 DESIGN

  • Rapid Deployment of Traffic Monitoring
    Devices
  • Critical Locations
  • Use Mass Media to Inform Motorists

Share Info With NYSDOT

 

 

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State Fair Coverage Layout
Image of State Fair Coverage Layout with major interstate interchanges, main fair entrance and local streets

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MAIN ENTRANCE COVERAGE
Map of All Principal Ingress/Egress Routes Moniored near Fairgrounds

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OPENING DAY OF STATE FAIR
Image of car accident with ambulance and group of rescue workers, overpass section removed, nighttime view of overpass repair work
  • Boom Truck Hits
    Pedestrian Bridge on Fair
    Route (I-690 eastbound)
    Shortly After 11:00 A.M.
  • 1 Fatality, 3 Hospitalized
  • Bridge Declared Unsafe
  • I-690 Closed
  • Eastbound Span Removed
    During the Following
    Night

 

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11:00 A.M. - Normal
Map of Fairgrounds with surrounding roadways, pedestrian bridge and information points

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11:15 A.M. - First Sign of Trouble
Map of Fairgrounds and surrounding roadways with color coded points of traffic based on speed

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11:20 A.M. - Trouble Spreads
Map of Fairgrounds and surrounding roadways with traffic points based on speed

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11:25 A.M. - More Trouble Points
Map of Fairgrounds with surrounding roadways with traffic points based on speed

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11:30 A.M. – Diversions Established

 

Map of Fairgrounds with surrounding roadways with traffic points based on speed and diversion locations

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11:35 A.M. – Shockwaves Present

 

Map of Fairgrounds with surrounding roadways with traffic points based on speed

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12:00 P.M. – Diversion “Equilibrium”
Established
Map of Fairgrounds and surrounding roadways with traffic points based on speed

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2:30 P.M. – Traffic Takes Other Routes
Map of Fairgrounds with normal conditions in surrounding roadways with traffic points based on speed

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6:00 P.M. – Peak Fair Arrival, Normal

 

Map of Fairgrounds and surrounding roadways with traffic points based on speed

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LESSONS LEARNED

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LESSONS LEARNED

TOTAL TRAFFIC MONITORING NEEDED

  • Investment Constraints Preclude Many
  • Temporary Events "not worthy" of Permanent
  • Infrastructure (too many routes)
  • Often This Is Where ITS is Needed the Most!
 COMMERCIAL MEDIA IS EFFECTIVE
  • Knows How to Get the Word Out
  • Has Discretion and Experience w/Handing Raw
    Data
  • Often Precluded Access to Raw DOT data (due
    to concerns)

 

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A FEW MORE THOUGHTS
TEMPORARY ITS MUST BE RAPIDLY DEPOLYABLE
Trailer Mounted Systems Do Not Work
24 iCones Covered The State Fair - Deployed in 3 Hours, Picked up in 2 Hours

The iCones Were Fully Integrated For Info Delivery

PARTNER WITH COMMERCIAL MEDIA

  • Drivers Listen To Their Radios
  • Successful Firms Such as Clear Channel
    Communications Effectively Tailor The Same
    Traffic Message Differently to the Local Driver
    and the Long Distance Motorist.

 

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Acknowledgement
Diana Miller, New York State Department of Transportation
For More Info
Ross Sheckler, iCone Products, 315-626-6800
Kathy Denman, Clear Channel Communications, 315-491-1190
Joseph Tario, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, 518-862-1090, Ext 3215
  Richard McDonough, New York State Department of Transportation, 518-457-5871 the Long Distance Motorist.