By:

Anthony N. Khawaja P.E.

Chief Engineer of Traffic Operations

Collier County

2885 South Horseshoe Drive

Naples, FL 34104

AnthonyKhawaja@CollierGov.Net

Tel: (239) 252-8260

To provide a proactive role in improving safety and mobility.

In other words….

The mission of the TMC is to make our system intelligent enough to know that you are coming, and not make you wait.

•Traffic Management Center (TMC)

•Traffic Signal Maintenance

•Timing

•Design / Spesifications

•Locates / Utility Coordination

•Field Inspection

•The backbone: 140 miles of fiber optic cable

•191 intersections communicating to the TMC

207 Signals

191 with com

•Daily:Check that all signals are operating properly. If not take corrective actions.

Check phone messages and emails

Run detection diagnostics report for all signals. For both Vehicular & Pedestrian detection (currently 11 pages)

Check all PTZ cameras.

Make timing changes as needed.

• Weekly:

•Run Auto Compare to check the databases

Monthly:

•Check the health of the UPS’s

•Check the Preemption System

•Check the Video Detection Cameras

•if they need to be cleaned or adjusted

•Detection fault:

•If negatively impacting the main street ASAP.

•If negatively impacting the side street 24 hrs max.

•Ground PM – once or twice a year

•Aerial PM – Once a year

•MMU testing once every 24 months.

Fiber OpticNetwork Hub

TMC

Monitoring cameras –

Pan/Tilt/Zoom and vehicle detection cameras (static)

Monitoring system alarms

from traffic signal

controllers

Acting on information

from the public or Sheriff ’s

Office

Benefits:

•Situations reviewed quickly (nothing is recorded)

•Next course of action determined accurately

•Many incidents resolved remotely from TMC

•Technicians & Engineers time is saved

•Response times are reduced

PTZ Cameras (full intersection) Video Detector Cameras (stop bar)

60 intersections 25 intersections

Red-light Running cameras (not monitored by TMC)

Detectors tell the system where vehicles and pedestrians are.

Provides safe green to approaching emergency vehicles.

Fire Department

EMS

Sheriff ’s Office

252-5000•Direct phone line to the TMC

•Monitored five days a week, from 6:30 am to 6:00 pm

•Posted on signal cabinets around the County

•Peak-hour traffic tends to be directional.

•Off-peak and mid-day traffic tends to be balanced.

252-50006:30 AM to 6 PM

Monday through Friday