Thursday, October 18, 2018

Bend Traffic Intersection Cameras

https://www.bendoregon.gov/government/citizen-committees/citywide-transportation-advisory-committee

The city of Salem has an intersection video camera system that streams live video to this website:
https://www.cityofsalem.net/Pages/view-traffic-cameras.aspx

Salem Traffic Count map.  Not recent data no real time count.
https://www.cityofsalem.net/Pages/view-traffic-counts.aspx

A real time traffic count example
http://transportation.austintexas.io/radar/
What IOT devices do they get this from?
http://transportation.austintexas.io
looks like state of the art!
But what is this .io domain name?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.io
Answer:
"In computer science, "IO" or "I/O" (pronounced I O) is commonly used as an abbreviation for input/output, which makes the .io domain useful for services that want to be associated with technology. .io domains are often used for open source projects, application programming interfaces ("APIs") (such as put.io API and pen.io API), startup companiesvideo games, and other online services.[10][11]"
Check out the system site maintenance where the rubber meets the road.
http://transportation.austintexas.io/ops-map/ http://transportation.austintexas.iohas a Github link! 
https://github.com/cityofaustin/
Github:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub

News: dated 2014:
"Mike Gotterba, a spokesman for the city’s public works department, said the cameras were financed as part of a 2008 “Keep Salem Moving!” streets and bridges bond. The cameras are designed to ease congestion and make traveling safer by allowing people to check the cameras and plan their commutes around trouble spots, city officials said.”

City of Salem November 2008 Streets and Bridges General Obligation Bond Measure Total Proposed Bonding Authority: $99.8 million
Project Summary:
Regional Traffic Control Center, Motorist Information Systems, and Traffic Signal Communications Projects
Project Description:
Upgrade Regional Traffic Control Center
Remodel and expand the existing Lewis H. Garrison Regional Traffic Control Center to handle coordination of growing inventory of traffic signals, upgrade to handle improved technologies including, but not limited to, video detection, video and automated traffic counting, traffic monitoring cameras, and to serve as a traffic incident response and motorist information coordination center.
Traffic Monitoring Cameras/Motorist Information Systems
Install and network up to 24 traffic monitoring video cameras on key citywide arterial
street locations to provide motorist information and traffic incident response coordination capabilities.
Traffic Signal Communications
Upgrade and install traffic signal interconnect system with fiber optic ring to accommodate communication with additional signals, video detection, automated traffic counting, and other traffic monitoring capabilities.
The City of Salem is responsible for maintaining, timing, and coordinating the traffic signals of 258 intersections. The majority of signals are connected to a central control computer located at the City’s Regional Traffic Control Center.

Salem New Traffic Cameras Show Commercial Street at City Hall and Boise dated 2014
"At Council on Monday, during the update on the Road Bond, City Staff discussed the cameras and revealed that they are actually part of the $1.4 million "Regional Traffic Control Center, Motorist Information Systems, and Traffic Signal Communications Projects," 21 cameras scattered around the city.”

2015-2018 STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
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