The following are a list of ITS projects that have been identified for the region. This list was created from an analysis of the existing Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) for the region and from discussions with the stakeholders. Projects are listed stakeholder (agency).
Select the stakeholder in the box below to jump to that agency's ITS projects.
Projects By Stakeholder
| Stakeholder |
Project Name |
Project Status |
Timeframe |
Project Description |
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MTA Bridges and Tunnels |
| MTA Bridges and Tunnels - VN-03 |
Planned |
Short |
As part of the VN-03 (Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Toll Plaza Improvement Phase-B) project, three ITS sub-system elements, Variable Message Sign (VMS), CCTV cameras and Lane Control Signals (LCS) are planned to be installed by MTA B&T, at the Staten Island Expressway (SIE) approaches to the bridge. |
|
MTA LIRR - Long Island Rail Road |
| MTA LIRR - East Side Access |
Planned |
Medium |
The East Side Access project will connect the Long Island Rail Road's (LIRR) Main and Port Washington lines in Queens to a new LIRR terminal beneath Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan. The new connection will increase the LIRR's capacity into Manhattan, and dramatically shorten travel time for Long Island and eastern Queens commuters traveling to the east side of Manhattan. The ITS portions of this mega-project include real time traveler information, transit vehicle tracking, transit maintenance, and transit security.
Source: MTA Capital Plan |
|
MTA NYC Transit |
| NYCDOT - Traffic Signal Priority in Staten Island |
Planned |
Long |
Traffic Signal Priority in Staten Island locations along Victory Blvd. expansion and along Bay Street expansion. |
| MTA NYC Transit - 7 Subway Extension |
Planned |
Medium |
The Subway Extension will bring the Flushing Line to 34th Street & 11th Avenue, at the heart of what will be Manhattan's newest neighborhood.
The 7 subway extension will make it possible for new housing, restaurants and entertainment to grow on the Far West Side. And the new subway terminal will also improve service reliability for all riders of the 7 in Queens and Manhattan by providing additional storage space for trains. The ITS portions of this project include Real Time Traveler Information, Transit Vehicle Tracking, Transit Fixed-Route Operations, and Transit Security. |
| MTA NYC Transit - Fulton Center |
Planned |
Medium |
MTA Capital Construction is building the new Fulton Center in Lower Manhattan, improving connections between, and to, six existing Lower Manhattan subway stations. The Fulton Center will serve as an essential transportation and retail hub in Lower Manhattan, providing a seamless transfer for passengers connecting to the A, C, J, Z, 2, 3, 4, and 5 subway lines and connections to the E and R and 1 lines. It will eventually connect to the World Trade Center site, PATH trains and Hudson River ferries at the World Financial Center. Upon its completion in June 2014, the Fulton Center and adjacent Corbin Building will offer a multitude of retail and dining opportunities and over 65,000 square feet of retail space. The ITS portions of this project are primarily focused around traveler information. |
| MTA NYC Transit - Second Avenue Subway |
Planned |
Medium |
The Second Avenue Subway project will include a two-track line along Second Avenue from 125th Street to the Financial District in Lower Manhattan. It will also include a connection from Second Avenue through the 63rd Street tunnel to existing tracks for service to West Midtown and Brooklyn. Sixteen new ADA accessible stations will be constructed. The ITS portions of this project include Real Time Traveler Information, Transit Vehicle Tracking, Transit Fixed-Route Operations, and Transit Security. |
| NYSDOT R11 Advanced Traffic and Demand Management |
Planned |
Medium |
This future project aims to develop a toolbox of strategies to proactively improve movement of people and goods on selected expressways and arterial corridors in and adjacent to New York City. This project would implement Advanced Traffic and Demand Strategies, such as dynamic lane management (contraflow lanes) and shoulder use, variable message signs, and dynamic roadway warnings to improve travel time and travel time reliability. |
| NYCDOT - Traffic Signal Priority in Queens |
Planned |
Medium
|
Traffic signal priority at Queens locations (Kissena Blvd., Hillside Ave, Merrick Blvd., Sutphin Blvd., Guy Brewer Blvd. |
| NYCDOT - Traffic Signal Prioritization |
Planned |
Short |
City-wide traffic signal prioritization.
|
|
NICE - Nassau Inter-County Express |
| NYSDOT R11 Advanced Traffic and Demand Management |
Planned |
Medium |
This future project aims to develop a toolbox of strategies to proactively improve movement of people and goods on selected expressways and arterial corridors in and adjacent to New York City. This project would implement Advanced Traffic and Demand Strategies, such as dynamic lane management (contraflow lanes) and shoulder use, variable message signs, and dynamic roadway warnings to improve travel time and travel time reliability. |
|
NYC DOT - Department of Transportation |
| NYCDOT-X50160-Jackie Robinson Parkway |
Existing / Planned |
|
This project will implement an ITS System along the Jackie Robinson Parkway. The project will include installation of fiber, CCTV, VMS, and sensors along the Jackie Robinson Parkway from the Grand Central Parkway and the Whitestone Expressway in Queens to Bushwick Ave in Brooklyn.
TIP ID: X50160
Reference: STIP 2011-2014 |
| NYCDOT Signal Coordination |
Planned |
Long |
Improvements in ITS Signal Coordination
|
| NYCDOT - Traffic Signal Priority in Queens |
Planned |
Medium
|
Traffic signal priority at Queens locations (Kissena Blvd., Hillside Ave, Merrick Blvd., Sutphin Blvd., Guy Brewer Blvd. |
| NYCDOT - GPS Based Traffic Data |
Planned |
Short |
City-wide GPS based traffic data. |
| NYCDOT - Traffic Signal Prioritization |
Planned |
Short |
City-wide traffic signal prioritization.
|
| NYCDOT-X50162-Belt Parkway |
Existing / Planned |
Short |
This project will install 25 miles of fiber along the Belt Parkway from 65st Street in Brooklyn to the Southern State Parkway in Queens. Additional ITS Equipment will be installed.
TIP ID: X50162
Reference: STIP 2011-2014 |
| NYCDOT-X77032-Brooklyn Bridge |
Existing / Planned |
Short |
This project will implement an ITS System consisting of 1.4 miles of fiber cable along the Brooklyn Bridge, 16 traffic surveillance cameras, 16 RTMS (or a similar style of detection equipment) and 6 E-ZPass Readers for energy efficiency in Brooklyn.
TIP ID: X77032
Reference: STIP 2011-2014 |
| NYCDOT-X80670-NYC |
Existing / Planned |
Short |
This project will coordinate Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) deployment in New York City (CIDNY) is a multi-year research, deployment and training project focusing on three program areas: Congestion Management, Emergency Management, and NTCIP/ITS Standards testing.
TIP ID: X80670
Reference: STIP 2011-2014 |
|
NYPD - New York City Police Department |
| NYSDOT/NYPD - HELP Program |
Existing / Planned |
Short |
This project provides continued support and expansion of the HELP program. This project includes electronic dispatching and communications between the dispatch center and the HELP vehicles. |
|
NYSDOT - New York State Department of Transportation |
| NYSDOT - Belt Parkway ITS |
Planned |
Long |
Belt Parkway Corridor ITS Improvements |
| NYSDOT - IIMS |
Planned |
Long |
Integrated Incident Management System communications network to other transportation and emergency management agencies that do not already have interfaces to the network. This project includes the hardware and field equipment to support the expansion, and enhancing software to support new functions and interfaces, as necessary. |
| NYSDOT - Maintenance and Construction Activity Coordination |
Planned |
Long |
This function supports the dissemination and coordination of maintenance and construction activities with other agencies. This project also supports the dissemination of these activities to information service providers. This project includes the hardware, software, and data interfaces to support these activities. |
| NYSDOT - Maintenance Vehicle Tracking (PART OF IIMS) |
Planned |
Long |
This potential project element will provide the hardware and software to determine maintenance vehicle position either by the vehicle (GPS), by the communications infrastructure, beacons, or a combination. |
| NYSDOT - Road Weather Information |
Existing |
Long |
This future project will collect current road and weather conditions using sensors deployed on or about the roadway. This project also supports collection of roadway conditions using sensors located on maintenance and construction vehicles. This project includes the hardware, software, and communications infrastructure to support the collection of this data. |
| NYSDOT - Traffic Surveillance |
Planned |
Long |
This potential project element will expand the existing traffic surveillance network. This includes the installation of various detector technologies on NYSDOT roads, including loop detectors, microwave detectors, and CCTV cameras. An extension of this project provides the processed traffic information and video images to traveler information systems. |
| NYSDOT - Weather Information Processing and Distribution |
Planned |
Long |
This potential project element will use road environmental and weather data to detect environmental hazards such as icy road conditions, high winds, dense fog, etc., so system operators can make decisions on corrective actions to take. This project also supports the dissemination of this information to other departments and agencies. This project includes the hardware, software, and communications infrastructure to support the processing and distribution of this data. |
| NYSDOT - Winter Maintenance Systems |
Planned |
Long |
This potential project element will support winter road maintenance, including snow plow operations, roadway treatment, and other snow and ice control activities. This project consists of three parts. Part one collects the sensor data concerning the environmental conditions of the roadway. Part two processes the information to schedule winter maintenance activities, determine appropriate responses, and track and manage response operations. Part three disseminates the information to the response vehicles, response departments, and other interested agencies. The package includes hardware; data interfaces, software, and communications infrastructure to support the processing and distribution of data, and to manage and schedule activities. |
| NYSDOT Regional Incident Management |
Planned |
Long |
This potential project element will provide the interfaces from the Joint TMC to other regional emergency management centers in New York City. These interfaces enable the sharing of traffic incident information, including incident information, incident status, road network conditions, and requests for resources. This project includes the hardware and software to enable these functions. Agencies include FDNY, NYPD, NYC Department of Environmental Protection, NYC Department of Sanitation, MTA Bridges & Tunnels, NYC Office of Emergency Management, TRANSCOM, and the Port Authority of New York New Jersey through the TRANSCOM Regional Architecture Server. |
| NYSDOT R11 Advanced Traffic and Demand Management |
Planned |
Medium |
This future project aims to develop a toolbox of strategies to proactively improve movement of people and goods on selected expressways and arterial corridors in and adjacent to New York City. This project would implement Advanced Traffic and Demand Strategies, such as dynamic lane management (contraflow lanes) and shoulder use, variable message signs, and dynamic roadway warnings to improve travel time and travel time reliability. |
| NYSDOT/NYPD - HELP Program |
Existing / Planned |
Short |
This project provides continued support and expansion of the HELP program. This project includes electronic dispatching and communications between the dispatch center and the HELP vehicles. |
| NYSDOT-X80596-NYC |
Existing / Planned |
Short |
This project provides for maintenance and field support for the Intelligent Transportation System to manage traffic on the state highway system in New York City.
TIP ID: x80596
Reference: STIP 2011-2014
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NYSDOT/NYCDOT/NYPD |
| NYCDOT - Traffic Signal Priority in Staten Island |
Planned |
Long |
Traffic Signal Priority in Staten Island locations along Victory Blvd. expansion and along Bay Street expansion. |
| NYSDOT - Advanced Traffic Management System |
Planned |
Long |
This potential project element will expand the existing NYSDOT Advanced Traffic Management Systems in New York City. This includes upgrading the existing system capabilities, and deploying additional field equipment along the limited access roadways (i.e., highways) in New York City. Field equipment may include lane control signals, ramp meters, and a communications infrastructure. |
| NYSDOT - IIMS |
Planned |
Long |
Integrated Incident Management System communications network to other transportation and emergency management agencies that do not already have interfaces to the network. This project includes the hardware and field equipment to support the expansion, and enhancing software to support new functions and interfaces, as necessary. |
| NYSDOT - Road Weather Information |
Existing |
Long |
This future project will collect current road and weather conditions using sensors deployed on or about the roadway. This project also supports collection of roadway conditions using sensors located on maintenance and construction vehicles. This project includes the hardware, software, and communications infrastructure to support the collection of this data. |
| NYSDOT - Traffic Surveillance |
Planned |
Long |
This potential project element will expand the existing traffic surveillance network. This includes the installation of various detector technologies on NYSDOT roads, including loop detectors, microwave detectors, and CCTV cameras. An extension of this project provides the processed traffic information and video images to traveler information systems. |
| NYSDOT - Weather Information Processing and Distribution |
Planned |
Long |
This potential project element will use road environmental and weather data to detect environmental hazards such as icy road conditions, high winds, dense fog, etc., so system operators can make decisions on corrective actions to take. This project also supports the dissemination of this information to other departments and agencies. This project includes the hardware, software, and communications infrastructure to support the processing and distribution of this data. |
| NYSDOT - Winter Maintenance Systems |
Planned |
Long |
This potential project element will support winter road maintenance, including snow plow operations, roadway treatment, and other snow and ice control activities. This project consists of three parts. Part one collects the sensor data concerning the environmental conditions of the roadway. Part two processes the information to schedule winter maintenance activities, determine appropriate responses, and track and manage response operations. Part three disseminates the information to the response vehicles, response departments, and other interested agencies. The package includes hardware; data interfaces, software, and communications infrastructure to support the processing and distribution of data, and to manage and schedule activities. |
| NYSDOT R11 Advanced Traffic and Demand Management |
Planned |
Medium |
This future project aims to develop a toolbox of strategies to proactively improve movement of people and goods on selected expressways and arterial corridors in and adjacent to New York City. This project would implement Advanced Traffic and Demand Strategies, such as dynamic lane management (contraflow lanes) and shoulder use, variable message signs, and dynamic roadway warnings to improve travel time and travel time reliability. |
| NYCDOT - Traffic Signal Priority in Queens |
Planned |
Medium
|
Traffic signal priority at Queens locations (Kissena Blvd., Hillside Ave, Merrick Blvd., Sutphin Blvd., Guy Brewer Blvd. |
| NYSDOT - Shore Parkway ITS |
Planned |
Medium
|
Shore Parkway Critical Strategic ITS Installation |
| NYCDOT - Traffic Signal Prioritization |
Planned |
Short |
City-wide traffic signal prioritization.
|
| NYSDOT-X80595-NYC |
Existing / Planned |
Short |
This project provides for maintenance and field support for the Intelligent Transportation System to manage traffic on state highways in The Bronx, Queens, and Manhattan. |
|
NYSDOT/NYPD |
| NYSDOT/NYPD - HELP Program |
Existing / Planned |
Short |
This project provides continued support and expansion of the HELP program. This project includes electronic dispatching and communications between the dispatch center and the HELP vehicles. |
|
TRANSCOM |
| NYSDOT R11 Advanced Traffic and Demand Management |
Planned |
Medium |
This future project aims to develop a toolbox of strategies to proactively improve movement of people and goods on selected expressways and arterial corridors in and adjacent to New York City. This project would implement Advanced Traffic and Demand Strategies, such as dynamic lane management (contraflow lanes) and shoulder use, variable message signs, and dynamic roadway warnings to improve travel time and travel time reliability. |
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