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NEW TECHNOLOGY AT INTERSECTION SIGNALS IMPROVES TRAFFIC FLOW AND EFFICIENCIES.
“IT’S JUST IN NEED OF UPDATING. IT’S WORN OUT.” [MUSIC] “FRISCO IS UPDATING TRAFFIC SIGNALS BECAUSE THE EQUIPMENT IS NEARING 20, 25 YEARS OLD.” NEW SIGNAL EQUIPMENT WILL HELP DRIVERS AND PEDESTRIANS BETTER NAVIGATE VARIOUS INTERSECTIONS.
“THE WORK WE’RE DOING IS ESSENTIALLY UPGRADING OLD AND TIRED INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT.” THE NEARLY 20 INTERSECTIONS BEING UPDATED ARE SCATTERED ACROSS THE CITY.
"SOME OF THEM HAVE OLDER EQUIPMENT LIKE HILLCREST AND LEBANON, OTHER LOCATIONS ARE JUST MISSING EQUIPMENT, SO THEY MIGHT HAVE A CAMERA SYSTEM, BUT THEY’RE MISSING A DETECTION SYSTEM.” THAT TECHNOLOGY IS A SYSTEM OF SENSORS THAT DETECTS VEHICLES AND ASKS THE SIGNAL CONTROLLER FOR A GREEN LIGHT, HELPING TRAFFIC MOVE MORE EFFICIENTLY.
“AND THEN ALSO VIDEO EQUIPMENT. SO SOME INTERSECTIONS DON’T HAVE COMPLETE COVERAGE, SO WE’RE INSTALLING THAT SO THERE’S A VIEW OF EACH APPROACH AND THEN A MOVABLE CAMERA AT EACH LOCATION.” THOSE CAMERAS ALLOW FIRST RESPONDERS TO SEEN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION BEFORE THEY ARRIVE AND HELP SIGNAL SYSTEM OPERATORS KEEP AN EYE ON TRAFFIC FLOW.
“THE CONTROL CABINET IS SOME CASES IS GETTING REPLACED. WE’RE INSTALLING A NEW MODERN SYSTEM JUST TO BETTER MOVE TRAFFIC.” THOSE NEW CABINETS ARE CALLED ADVANCED TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS.
THE UPDATED TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS ENGINEERS TO IMPROVE SIGNAL EFFICIENCIES AND TRAFFIC FLOW AND PUBLIC WORKS CAN TROUBLESHOOT ISSUES FASTER.
THERE ARE ALSO PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS, SO MOVING THE BUTTONS CLOSER TO THE CROSSWALK, PUTTING IN TALKING BUTTONS.” THE NEW PEDESTRIAN SIGNALS WILL ALSO COUNT DOWN SO PEOPLE KNOW HOW MUCH TIME THEY HAVE TO CROSS THE STREET.
“THE UPDATES AT EACH LOCATION WILL TAKE MAYBE A WEEK OR TWO THE WHOLE PROJECT IS PROBABLY GOING TO OCCUR OVER ABOUT A 6-MONTH PERIOD." THE UPDATES ARE COSTING ABOUT $2.5 MILLION AND WILL BE PAID FOR WITH BOND FUNDS.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.