Data and Analytics at Heart of San Diego Mobility Plan
A traffic signal upgrade project will involve 26 intersections around the University of California, San Diego. The project will use adaptive software to enhance mobility across the region.
A traffic signal modernization project underway in the neighborhood around the University of California in San Diego could become a model for the entire city.
The intelligent transportation system (ITS) will take all of the different modes of transportation into account to better manage the flow of personal vehicles, transit vehicles, cyclists and others who are moving through the region.
“There’s a lot of stuff going on here… it’s all about integrated mobility,” remarked Walter Musial, principal with the civil engineering firm Linscott Law and Greenspan and the traffic and transportation consultant on the project. “This is looking to the future and how to integrate mobility and make it work seamlessly together.”
The project is in line with the university’s effort at long-range planning, which explores how the campus population growth will affect the local roadway system, said Lauren Lievers, senior environmental planner for campus planning at UC San Diego. In addition to the campus, the area includes a major medical center, regional mall, office and residential space and other uses like a transit station, and a planned trolley extension, and freeways.
The modernization project, paid for largely by the university, will cover 26 intersections, and involves the collaboration with the city of San Diego as well as the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). The technology will be supported by the SynchroGreen adaptive software by Cubic, and involve updated controllers, GRIDSMART video detection and communication upgrades to improve the existing infrastructure, said Gabriel McFadden, senior business development manager at Cubic.
A traffic signal modernization project underway in the neighborhood around the University of California in San Diego could become a model for the entire city.
The intelligent transportation system (ITS) will take all of the different modes of transportation into account to better manage the flow of personal vehicles, transit vehicles, cyclists and others who are moving through the region.
“There’s a lot of stuff going on here… it’s all about integrated mobility,” remarked Walter Musial, principal with the civil engineering firm Linscott Law and Greenspan and the traffic and transportation consultant on the project. “This is looking to the future and how to integrate mobility and make it work seamlessly together.”
The project is in line with the university’s effort at long-range planning, which explores how the campus population growth will affect the local roadway system, said Lauren Lievers, senior environmental planner for campus planning at UC San Diego. In addition to the campus, the area includes a major medical center, regional mall, office and residential space and other uses like a transit station, and a planned trolley extension, and freeways.
The modernization project, paid for largely by the university, will cover 26 intersections, and involves the collaboration with the city of San Diego as well as the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). The technology will be supported by the SynchroGreen adaptive software by Cubic, and involve updated controllers, GRIDSMART video detection and communication upgrades to improve the existing infrastructure, said Gabriel McFadden, senior business development manager at Cubic.
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