AN NTCIP-COMPLIANT NEXT-GENERATION TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM FOR NEW YORK CITY

This paper presents an overview of the NTCIP-compliant next generation traffic control system currently being deployed for City of New York, USA. This paper discusses several aspects of the three major system components including 1) the Advanced Solid-state Traffic Controllers (ASTC), 2) the wireless communications network, and 3) the new central control system. This paper also describes the NTCIP development and testing program for the ASTC traffic controllers and summarizes lessons learned from the development efforts to date. The City of New York is moving forward on the next phase of this expansion program including the procurement of 5,000 additional ASTC traffic controllers, the deployment of a City-Wide Metropolitan Wireless Network (CMWN), and completion of the development and integration of a new central control system. By the time of the presentation at the World Congress, the new central system will be operational, and more than 1,200 of the new controllers will be operational in the field. The CMWN has already been through a trial deployment and stress testing, and is now being deployed throughout the City. For the covering abstract see ITRD E144764.