Roadside Hardware

TDOT SmartWay advanced information technologies take many forms, including the use of:

• Roadway Traffic Sensors to report traffic counts, speed and travel time.
  
• Camera Video Surveillance to monitor congested freeways and provide improved incident management capabilities.
  
• Dynamic Message Signs to provide traffic and construction information to motorists, as well as provide information on Amber Alerts.
  
• HELP Freeway Service Patrols to reduce congestion by removing minor incidents in a timely fashion.
  
• Transportation Management Centers (TMC) which serve as a focal point for traffic management operations and communications.
  
• Incident Management to detect, verify and respond to incidents in an efficient manner and manage traffic conditions around the incident site.
  
• Traffic Control During Construction to provide traffic information to motorists traveling through construction sites.
  
• Information Services to communicate data from TDOT SmartWay devices to a central location and distribute that transportation information to motorists and other interested parties before and while making trips.
• Information is distributed via TDOT’s web site and through the media.

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