Traffic information from these elements feeds into Scout's Operations Center located in Lee's Summit, MO. Operations staff monitor traffic on 75 miles of Kansas City's most congested freeways; and respond to freeway incidents by notifying the appropriate authorities to clear the roadway and keep traffic flowing as freely as possible.
Scout's traffic operations staff use information from its cameras and sensors to launch a comprehensive response plan tailored to each traffic situation. The response might include dispatching motorist assistance services; notifying and co-ordinating emergency services; creating electronic messages along affected routes; sending updated information to local media; and broadcasting traffic updates over the Internet.
Central to the Kansas City Scout traffic management system is the Control Room and an Electrosonic video display system. The display consists of 12 52" SVGA Clarity cubes. Graphic and video images are managed on the cube display by Electrosonic Vector processing.
Electrosonic CT-Commander software manages presentation of two high-resolution graphic inputs and 24 video sources on the 12 projection cubes, and eight 50" plasma screens, which are positioned on either side of the projection array. System contractors for the control room displays were Harvest Productions and Capital Electric, with Electrosonic supporting the installation of the system.
(Lee Baldock)
