LSU HURRICANE CENTER Addressing Hurricanes and Other Hazards and Their Impacts On the Natural, Built and Human Environments Use of ITS and Other Remote Data Acquisition Systems for Hurricane Evacuation Brian Wolshon Dept. of Civil and Env. Engineering
LSU HURRICANE CENTER What happened during Hurricanes Floyd and Georges?
LSU HURRICANE CENTER Current Traffic Data Acquisition Systems
TexDOT Visual Traffic Congestion Monitoring
Traffic Data Recording Station I-10 near Mississippi River – West Baton Rouge Parish Solar Panel Telephone Connection
Inductive Pavement Loop Sensors I-12 East Baton Rouge Parish
Traffic Video Station New Traffic Data Acquisition Systems Radar Detection Station Antennae Camera Radar Units Antenna
Florida DOT Real-Time Flow Monitoring
LSU HURRICANE CENTER Joint LaDOTD-USGS Flooded Road and Traffic Monitoring System
Approx. Flood Level Tropical Storm Allison (June, 2001)
USGS Louisiana HydroWatch Data Acquisition Station Housing for Stream Depth Sensor Radar Units Antenna Rain Gauge
LSU HURRICANE CENTER Data Management and Display Using the Louisiana Roadway Monitoring System
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Bridge Safe (green) Bridge Unsafe (red) Bridge Closed