2007-08 ITS Project of the Year Award

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet was honored for its Safe Assistance for Freeway Emergencies (SAFE) Patrol project.

Safe Assistance for Freeway Emergencies (SAFE) Patrol

by Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

The SAFE Patrol is located in the Roadway Assistance Branch of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s Division of Transportation Security. It is a part of a comprehensive incident management initiative to improve safety and reduce delay caused by nonrecurring congestion and improve operations of the freeway system.…

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Other Finalist Projects included:

• Chicago TMC - Phase 2
  by Chicago OEMC
  Chicago is leading major cities by combining traffic and emergency management, and public safety under unified command. To implement this strategy Phase 2 Chicago TMC development focuses on requirements and specifications to integrate an Advanced Traffic Management System with existing 911, Operations, and Incident Centers and systems.
  For more information: Project Fact Sheet
• Chicago Data Archive
  by Chicago OEMC
  The Chicago Data Archive (CDA) was created to support planning, engineering, and operation of over 17,000 miles of highways and arterials, 26,000 intersections, and 3,000 signals in the City of Chicago network. Previously traffic, signal, and crash data was held first in separate paper files, then in separate computer files. The CDA assembles all this data in an integrated GIS database to facilitate analysis.
  For more information: Project Fact Sheet
• COMBAT
  by Franklin County (Ohio) Engineer
  AVL snow plow/ street sweeping/ mowing operations-orientated project.
  A 4.2 million dollar collaborative project between Franklin County Engineers and the City of Columbus, OH.
  For more information: Project Fact Sheet
• GCM Gateway Traveler Information System, Transition, & Enhancements
  by Illinois DOT
  Since 2003, the Gateway has been the central collection, validation, fusion, and distribution hub for real-time transportation data in the Gary-Chicago-Milwaukee (GCM) region that is shared with over twenty operating agencies.
  In 2007, IDOT completed a successful transition of Gateway hardware, software, communications and operations to the IDOT Traffic Systems Center (TSC).
  For more information: Project Fact Sheet