Mike Lysicatos presentation for smart cities session at Redevelopment Forum 2019.

1. NEW JERSEY FUTURE REDEVELOPMENT FORUM
BEYOND BROADBAND
Michael Lysicatos AICP, PP
February 8, 2019

2. INTRODUCTION

3. – Smart technology initiatives rooted in the Transportation
Element of the Passaic County Master Plan
– Focused on Intelligent Transportation System (ITS)
investments
– Currently four main projects
oSmart and Accessible SAT HUB Project
oGrand Street ITS Pilot
oPassaic County Smart Signal Corridor Project
oNJ EDA Innovation Challenge Planning Grant
OVERVIEW

4. SMART HUB

5. PROJECT
PARTNERS

6. SMART HUB
PROJECT
Crowd Analysis 3D Semantic Model
Mobile Localization
Personalized guidance
Path planning

7. SMART HUB
PROJECT
Step 1. Bluetooth Beacons system
gives a blind user his current
location
Step 2. Matching Smartphone cam
images with the 3D model provides
accurate orientation
Step 0. 3D model of the hub is
pre-scanned with a 3D LiDAR
Step 3. Crowd analysis of
surveillance video provides densities
of crowd in the hub
Step 4. Best path (blue) is
chosen for the user to get to his
destination
The user only needs to download a free app to his smartphone

8. LOCAL
DEPLOYMENT
NJTransit PatersonTrain
Station
- Adjacent to central
business district, County
HQ, and several social
service centers
- Grade separated
- Complex intersections

9. PATERSON TRAIN
STATOIN

10. GRAND ST ITS

11. OVERVIEW
Grand Street Pilot Project
• 5 intersections
• Includes Route 19/US 80 interchange
• No existing vehicle detection or travel time information
• No status updates on power loss or knock downs
• Funded through County Corridor Enhancement Program
• Initial cost - ~$25,000.00
• Additional phase planned for signal detection capabilities

12. OVERVIEW
Grand Street Pilot Project
Recent progress
• Installation of 3 artificial intelligence cameras
• Allows for automated 24-hr counts of all modes (cars, buses,
trucks, pedestrians, bicycles)
• Provides standard traffic engineer metrics to modify timing
• Pilot assessment to determine pedestrian conflicts and safety
measures
• Allows for live look for staff and first responders

13. GRANDSTREETITS

14. SMART SIGNAL
PROJECT

15. • Approximately 15 miles of County roadway (Paterson-HamburgTpke.,
Main St./Ave., Central Ave.)
• Coordinates local traffic signals owned and maintained byWayne,
Haledon, Paterson, Passaic, Clifton and NJDOT
• Approximately 60 traffic signals
• Limited camera detection present
• No central management
• Legacy hardware and equipment
• Different controller systems
OVERVIEW

16. PROJECT
LOCATION
Northern Section
- WayneTownship
- Paterson-Hamburg
Turnpike
- Divided 4 – 6 lane
roadway
- High AADT and busiest
County roadway
- Major office locations and
strip commercial

17. PROJECT
LOCATION
Southern Section
- Paterson, Clifton, Passaic
- Urban core of Passaic County
approximately same size and
population of Newark
- Densest part of the County
heavily reliant on mass transit
- Highest number of
intersections and pedestrians

18. STATE OF GOOD REPAIR
• Updates legacy signal equipment that lacks vehicle detection,
real-time conditions reports and maintenance issues
• Provides real-time status of signal conditions and alerts
• Create analytical reports that help adjust corridor management
• Push signal timing plans based on pre-planned events or
conditions
PROJECT GOALS

19. Signal equipment
upgrades and
retrofitting

20. IMPROVE AIR QUALITY
• Received $1.6 million in funding through CMAQ program
• Focus on most congested and densely populated areas
• Benefits major commercial and employment districts
• Develop performance measures that meet federal funding criteria
that can be reported automatically through the management
software
• Tracking outcomes can be analyzed with other metrics for further
analysis on the impacts of the project
PROJECT GOALS

21. AIR QUALITY

22. REDUCE CONGESTION & IMPROVE SAFETY
• Ability to analyze performance through real-time status reports
• Focus on most congested and densely populated areas
• Focus on major commercial and employment districts
• Develop performance measures that meet federal funding criteria
and that can be track and reported automatically through the
management software
• Allows for pedestrian movements to be optimized
PROJECT GOALS

23. LIVE TRACKING

24. PERFORMANCE MEASURES
• Able to provide live camera feeds and a separate viewing platform for
first responders during and after an event
• Ability to sync with GPS management systems utilized by law
enforcement
• Antennae system compatible with signal preemption for first
responders
• Provide automated alerts to maintenance crews and police during
power outage or when poles knocked down
• Automated congestion alerts can alert when a possible traffic incident
has occurred
PROJECT GOALS

25. REPORTING
TOOLS

26. Scalability and “Future Proofing”
• Provides communication backbone for other projects
• Ability to push communication out to apps and vehicles
• Scales up to adaptive signal control system easily
• Equipment can be moved or reused with infrastructure upgrades
• User interface allows for regional management and various alerts
across organizations
• Anticipating bicycle counting capabilities and new analytics
shortly
PROJECT GOALS

27. THANK YOU
Michael Lysicatos AICP, PP
Passaic County Department of Planning & Economic
Development
mlysicatos@passaiccountynj.org
973.569.4047