Project: #193 Surtrac for the People: Upgrading the Surtrac Pittsburgh Deployment to incorporate Pedestrian Friendly Extensions and Remote Monitoring Advances Progress Report - Reporting Period Ending: March 30, 2019 Principal Investigator: Stephen Smith Status: Active Start Date: Feb. 1, 2018 End Date: June 30, 2019 Research Type: Applied Grant Type: Technology Transfer Grant Program: FAST Act - Mobility National (2016 - 2022) Grant Cycle: 2018 Traffic21 Progress Report (Last Updated: March 27, 2019, 2:50 p.m.) % Project Completed to Date: 75 % Grant Award Expended: 90 % Match Expended & Document: 50 USDOT Requirements Accomplishments During the reporting period, the following progress has been made towards upgrading the Pittsburgh deployment of Surtrac to incorporate advances and new features (referred to as Surtrac 2.0) that have have resulted from the system's first commercial deployments in other cities: (1) A second intersection at Penn and Centre was upgraded to Surtrac 2.0, to provide a second test intersection for integrating with Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) radio capabilities for Vehicle/Pedestrian-to-Infrastructure communication. (The other intersection running Surtrac 2.0 is Centre and Cypress.) A MAP message has been installed on this intersection's DSRC Road Side Unit (RSU) to support the broadcasting of MAP and SPaT messages by Surtrac, and experiments will be carried out later this year through a companion DOT project aimed at assisting pedestrians with disabilities to safely cross signalized intersections. (2) A remote Surtrac software install procedure was developed using the CHEF configuration development tool to consolidate and simply the process of installing Surtrac 2.0 at all 50 intersections. (3) The Surtrac 2.0 web-based monitoring interface was expanded to provide a new alerting capability in response to malfunctioning components at a given intersection (e.g., cameras, radios). This web-based interface has been developed for purposes of handing the system over to the City and other Rapid Flow customers, and incorporates requests made by the City of Pittsburgh. (4) Finally, although not identified as part of the proposed scope, work was continued with the Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center (WPRDC) at the request of the City of Pittsburgh's Department of Mobility and Infrastructure toward including Surtrac traffic data, including development of an initial API for data exchange. Impacts Since the Surtrac 2.0 upgrade at all intersections has not yet been completed, no attempt has been made yet to quantify its impact on traffic flow and mobility in the deployment area. Overall, we expect that this upgrade will significantly extend pedestrian walk time, with little or no negative impact on vehicular traffic flow efficiency. Once the upgrade process is complete, we will undertake an evaluation to quantify this expectation. On a broader note, this upgrade of the Pittsburgh deployment area to Surtrac 2.0 will also position the City for its planned expansion of adaptive traffic signal control technology to 150 additional intersections. Other None Outcomes New Partners Rapid Flow Technologies is providing in-kind support. Issues Execution of this project has experienced delay due principally to the availability of relevant personal from Rapid Flow Technologies (the commercial supplier of Surtrac) who are providing in-kind support in the midst of their efforts to deliver new Surtrac deployments in Portland ME, Needham MA and Quincy MA and to further build their business.