Wis Trans Portal VSPOC Volume Speed and Occupancy

Wis. Trans. Portal V-SPOC Volume, Speed, and Occupancy Application Michael Runnels TOPS Systems Developer mrunnels@engr. wisc. edu Steven Parker, Ph. D. TOPS IT Project Manager sparker@engr. wisc. edu Traffic Operations and Safety (TOPS) Laboratory University of Wisconsin – Madison 2007 TRB Annual Meeting January 22, 2007 Washington, DC

V-SPOC Paper Authors n University of Wisconsin - Madison n n Steven Parker, TOPS Project Manager Michael Runnels, TOPS Systems Developer Shan Di, Graduate Research Assistant Changxuan Pan, Graduate Research Assistant Wisconsin Department of Transportation n Douglas Dembowski, Wis. DOT Project Manager

Wis. Trans. Portal System Interconnect

Wis. Trans. Portal System Interconnect

Wis. Trans. Portal V-SPOC Challenges/Objectives Get the data out of the ‘Black Box’ by providing an accessible and user-friendly data interface system n Create a system that allows for easy expansion n A system rich in functionality and well organized n Portability, available for use in other states n

V-SPOC Timeline August 15, 2005 – start 12 month project n 3 months – functional requirements and system design n 6 months – software development n 3 months – testing and deployment n Additional enhancements and maintenance ongoing as needed n

Start With The Data

V-SPOC Modules

Integrated Documentation

General Detector Selection

General Detector Results

Graph of Selected Detection

Excel View Of A CSV Download

Quality Assurance Reporting

Events Reporting

Other Modules

Even More Modules

How It Was Accomplished n n Oracle 10 g Database Super Thin Client n n Distributable Plugins (Open Source) n n n Java – V-SPOC programming language Struts – dynamic webpage framework JSPs – dynamic webpage language JFree. Chart – used to produce our graphs JExcel – used to write to excel workbooks Tomcat Application Server

Technology Direction Objectives n n n n Portable System Accessible Easily Maintained/Updated Configurable Secure Modular User-Friendly Able to handle large amounts of data

Future Directions n n n Fiber Network to Gather Real Time Data More Advanced Quality Assurance and Imputation Features Integrate With Planning Data (TRADAS) Integrate With Lane Closure System GIS Mapping Interface Java Server Faces/Hibernate

Questions? n TOPS Lab: http: //www. topslab. wisc. edu n Wis. Trans. Portal: http: //transportal. cee. wisc. edu n Michael Runnels: mrunnels@engr. wisc. edu n Steven Parker: sparker@engr. wisc. edu