Louisiana Demonstration Project: Wide Area Surveillance Radar and Sequential Gate for Traffic Management in Orleans and Jefferson Parishes, LA

As a part of the Highways for LIFE initiative, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) provided an approximately $1 million grant to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LADOTD) to improve the traffic flow of US 90B (West Bank Expressway), mitigate ongoing congestion and crashes, and support work zone traffic and incident management during construction. The innovations employed on this project included the use of a phased-array Doppler radar and corresponding operator interface for traffic monitoring, as well as a remotely controlled gate system for the on-ramps. LADOTD anticipates that these innovations will greatly reduce the congestion and crashes during the upcoming interchange construction. In addition, these innovative features will remain in place and continue to be functional for future construction activities.

• Record URL:
  http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/hfl/summary/pdf_2/louisiana-us90b-report.pdf
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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/54361
• Corporate Authors:

  Applied Research Associates, Incorporated

  100 Trade Center Drive, Suite 200
  Champaign, IL  United States  61820

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Infrastructure
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Lee, Hyung
• Publication Date: 2015-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Technical Brief
• Features: Figures; Maps; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 17p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Demonstration projects; Doppler radar; Expressways; Highway traffic control; On ramps; Technological innovations; Traffic congestion; Traffic flow; Traffic surveillance; Work zone traffic control
• Identifier Terms: Highways for LIFE
• Uncontrolled Terms: Automatic gates; Wide area monitoring
• Geographic Terms: Jefferson Parish (Louisiana); Louisiana; Orleans Parish (Louisiana)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01577850
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 3 2015 4:11PM