Lawrence-Douglas County ITS

05 - Camera Deployment Program

Description

This project expands upon the Traffic Signal Coordination Program by adding new and updating existing cameras to the City's available inventory of traffic images.
Currently the City has PTZ cameras at 52 out of 102 City owned or maintained traffic signals and 360–degree cameras at 6 six locations in Downtown Lawrence. Between 6 and 10 cameras are planned to be added to the system in 2021 as part of the South Iowa Traffic Signal Improvement Project. This expansion may include multiple City–owned cameras along K–10 at Iowa Street and 27th Street.

Traffic and engineering staff will work with local law enforcement agencies to specific the most effective equipment to install at each site.

The project will implement improved image–sharing technology at the City of Lawrence Traffic Operations Center to improve real–time sharing of images with other agencies in the Region. This will allow the Traffic Operations Center to view images from KTA's two cameras on the Turnpike in Douglas County, and be able to share real–time images to the Region's emergency responders and traffic management agencies via the Internet.

The City of Lawrence will be able to share camera images but will not share control of City cameras. Only the Traffic Operations Center will be able to control their pan–tilt–zoom functions.

Status: Near–term

Timeframe: Ongoing – Zero to Three Years

Stakeholders

City of Lawrence Municipal Services and Operations
City of Lawrence Police
Douglas County Emergency Communications
Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT)
Kansas Turnpike Authority (KTA)
KC Scout

Inventory

City of Lawrence CCTV Cameras
City of Lawrence Traffic Operations Center
City of Lawrence Website
KC Scout Traffic Center
KTA Traffic Cameras
KTA Traffic Operations Center

Services

TM01–Infrastructure–Based Traffic Surveillance
TM07–Regional Traffic Management (Camera Deployment and Image Sharing)

Interfaces

Source	Flow	Destination	Status
City of Lawrence CCTV Cameras	traffic images	City of Lawrence Traffic Operations Center	Existing
City of Lawrence Traffic Operations Center	traffic images	City of Lawrence Website	Near–term
City of Lawrence Traffic Operations Center	traffic images	KC Scout Traffic Center	Near–term
City of Lawrence Traffic Operations Center	traffic images	KTA Traffic Operations Center	Near–term
City of Lawrence Traffic Operations Center	video surveillance control	City of Lawrence CCTV Cameras	Existing
KC Scout Traffic Center	device control request	City of Lawrence Traffic Operations Center	Near–term
KC Scout Traffic Center	traffic images	City of Lawrence Traffic Operations Center	Near–term
KC Scout Traffic Center	traffic images	KTA Traffic Operations Center	Near–term
KTA Traffic Cameras	traffic images	KTA Traffic Operations Center	Existing
KTA Traffic Operations Center	device control request	City of Lawrence Traffic Operations Center	Near–term
KTA Traffic Operations Center	traffic images	City of Lawrence Traffic Operations Center	Near–term
KTA Traffic Operations Center	traffic images	KC Scout Traffic Center	Near–term
KTA Traffic Operations Center	video surveillance control	KTA Traffic Cameras	Existing