TransNow STAR Lab Room and Equipment Specifications

Capacity

Approx 1,278 sq. feet.

Equipment

  • Video Wall: Cubex 3x3 video wall with nine 46” LCD flat panel monitors.
  • Five new computers:

    • Data storage computer with 24x 2TB hard drives
    • Data processing computer
    • Video wall computer
    • Two standard desk top computers.

Configuration

The lab is currently mostly open space except for a separated entryway and a private office for the lab manager.   The remaining space is divided into areas for the following:

  • Traffic Management Center (TMC) training console with space for two operators in front of the video wall.  This area is used to train students in the operation of transportation agency traffic control systems (freeway ramp meters and arterial traffic signals.)
  • Traffic Operations and ITS Research Center.  This area is where various traffic operations and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) applications take place.  Data from WSDOT’s ramp meter system and arterial data from the cities of Lynnwood and Bellevue are collected and archived here.  Video from WSDOT TV cameras is collected, viewed and archived here.  Research conducted here involves:

    • Improvements in loop detector accuracy
    • Use of traffic video for data collection
    • Simulation modeling
    • Arterial traveler information
    • Collection, archiving and extracting performance measures from large data sets
    • Ramp metering algorithms
    • Congestion pricing algorithms
  • A mini-conference room for informal discussions between groups working in the lab, which can be converted into theatre seating for public discussions using the video wall.
  • Two shared work stations for the use of researchers and students.  So far, faculty from the following transportation research areas have indicated an interest in using the lab:

    • Traffic Operations
    • ITS
    • Freight Logistics and Truck Performance Measures
    • Behavioral and Modal Choices Modeling.

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