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Gateway Traveler Information System Investigators: John Dillenburg, Pete Nelson, and Doug Rorem, CS Department Prime Grant Support: Illinois Department of Transportation. Problem Statement and Motivation. Integrate disparate systems into a central traffic information system
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Gateway Traveler Information System Investigators: John Dillenburg, Pete Nelson, and Doug Rorem, CS Department Prime Grant Support: Illinois Department of Transportation Problem Statement and Motivation • Integrate disparate systems into a central traffic information system • Provide XML and CORBA data streams to government agencies, academic institutions, and industry • Provide www.gcmtravel.com website with real-time maps of congestion, travel times, incidents and construction Key Achievements and Future Goals Technical Approach • System developed by AI Lab personnel • Centerpiece of corridor’s intelligent transportation system architecture • Uses NTCIP Center-to-center communications standards to network with Tollway and other IDOT agencies • Advanced AI techniques for data fusion of multiple data sources • Website hosted via 4 clustered servers in AI Lab • Dual T1 lines to Schaumburg for traffic data feeds and Internet access for IDOT • 435,000,000 website hits per year • USDOT’s “Best Traveler Information Website” two years in a row • Traffic data from Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s MONITOR system, Indiana Department of Transportation, *999, Northwest Central Dispatch, IDOT’s Traffic System Center • Gateway II system planned for near future: upgraded hardware and software, more data connections to other agencies, 511 integration, cell phones as probes for arterial streets, redundant fault tolerant design, geo-database upgrade