Econolite Awarded State of Hawaii Traffic Monitoring Data Collection Project
09 May 2005
Econolite Control Products, Inc. is pleased to announce that it was awarded the bid for Federal-Aid Project No. SPR-0010(27) W.O. 887 CTM, "Continuous Traffic Monitoring Data Collection Goods and Services-Statewide." Econolite is well positioned to provide a system and service that meets and exceeds the State of Hawaii's stringent specifications. Econolite and its business partner TrafficWerks Systems, Inc., will provide a web- based system to manage designated traffic data collection sources by utilizing Econolite's Data Collection and Management Service (DCMS). DCMS will poll and retrieve traffic data via the Internet to a common database and integrated traffic data network. DCMS was created with the idea of providing a system to manage traffic information from multiple data collection sources.
In the first year of service, the DCMS system will be connected to a series of sixteen (16), permanent HDOT Continuous Traffic Monitoring (CTM) Data Collection Sites allowing for the collection, analysis, summary, and retention of vehicular traffic data, including the development of a Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) traffic reporting tool. This will provide HDOT the ability to better manage the review, submittal, and administration of data reflecting the amount of vehicle usage and vehicle characteristics on the state highways network.
Doug Henderson, Director of DCMS Business Development remarked, "The DCMS solution gives HDOT a 24 hour/7day data service, supplying tools that not only evaluate traffic conditions over time, but also allow real-time data to be shared with other agencies throughout Hawaii and the FHWA. HDOT and approved agencies are able to view live data via a web browser. The data is presented in a spreadsheet, both graphically and numerically, giving HDOT complete flexibility as to how they manage the data. Ultimately, DCMS will save HDOT countless hours of manual operation by automating its real-time and archived traffic data management process".
Jeff Spinazze, Senior Vice President, noted, "Econolite's Data Collection Management Service enables many agencies to share live and historical data cost effectively. DCMS assembles data and transforms it into information to assist HDOT in improving mobility, reducing accidents and improving air quality through reduced traffic congestion."
