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Improving Traffic Flow Through Agency Collaboration in Florida, South Carolina and California using ATMS.now.

Marshall Cheek, PE, PTOEATMS.now/SynchroGreen Product ManagerTrafficware Group, LLCSugar Land, TX

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• Proven, Scalable Central Management Platform• Command post for real‐time traffic operations• Multi‐user Client‐Server Application• Proven and reliable (over 200 deployments)• Interagency Tools and Collaboration

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• Microsoft .NET framework• Communications using TCP/IP, RS‐232 (serial)• SQL Database format• GIS (ESRI) controls• BingTM Maps• Embedded Crystal Reports• XML Data exporting

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• Controllers• Video Detection• PTZ Cameras• CMS• Network switches• Road temperature sensors

• Opticom• Wavetronix Radar• School zone flashers• Adaptive signal control• Transit Priority• Emergency response

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Featured Modules

Web.now

Disaster Recovery

TSP.now

CCTV.now

Emergency.now

SynchroGreen

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• Safely Operate/Manage Traffic Signals• Efficiently Time Traffic Signals

• Reduce Travel Time, Delay, Stops• Reduce Emissions, Fuel Consumption

• Troubleshoot and Maintain Signal System• Archive Data for Analysis• Generate Performance Measures• Flow of Information is a Major Impediment

Goals as Traffic Signal Operators

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• Signal Timing Data, Settings, Performance• Real‐Time Information and Status• Real‐Time Plans and Patterns• Monitoring and Surveillance• Asset Management and Dispatch• Provide Jurisdictional Permissions

Flow of Information Related to ATMS.now

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• SunGuide (FDOT D6) and City of Jacksonville• Incidents are Processed by SunGuide• SunGuide can Authorize Alternative Routes• SunGuide can Enable Plans on the City’s ATMS• Plans Facilitate Diverted Traffic

Example 1: SunGuide (Florida)

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• Seven (7) District SCDOT ATMS.now System• 2,500+ Intersections Online; Potential for 4,000• All ATMS.now Data Housed in One (1) Location• SCDOT can Monitor Traffic Signals Statewide• Integrates with Asset Management System• Jurisdictional Restrictions• Ensures Interagency Coordination and Sharing

Example 2: SCDOT

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• Santa Clara & Santa Clara County• 50 Central Masters Operate Traffic Responsive• Patterns are Forwarded to the City’s ATMS.now• City Initiates Compatible Patterns• Ensures Best Possible Interagency Coordination

Example 3: Santa Clara, CA

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• Information and Data Flow is an impediment• ATMS.now is a flexible software platform• ATMS.now makes sharing simple and secure• Several ways to customize ATMS.now• Results are better signal operations 

• Reduced Stops, Delays and Emissions• Helps attain regional environmental initiatives

• Can generate regional performance measures

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