For the 2020 hurricane season, District 3 developed the eSTORM system which included adding traffic signal status fields with pictures to already in place databases, enhancing the mobile app to input data directly into the database through drop-down menus, and upgrading efforts for traffic control and detours through connected portable traffic signals, cameras, and changeable message signs which communicate with the D3 Regional Transportation Management Center (RTMC). As a result, eSTORM is now a statewide storm management tool.
Traffic Management
Over Height Detector Repurposed as a Truck Counter
IDOT repurposed an over height detector to use as a counter for trucks.
Statewide Mobility Analytics in Real-Time (SMART) Tool for Better Freeway Performance
ADOT partnered with the University of Arizona to develop the SMART tool, which integrates data from INRIX, loop detectors, and controller event-based data to provide a comprehensive operations analysis suite. The benefits this project brings include not only better freeway performance for the public, but it balances the ramp performance to better meet the needs of local agencies.