SACDOT PROJECTS

As the Sacramento area grows in population and our roads become more congested, it becomes increasingly more important to make our transportation system work better. One of the most significant things Sacramento County is doing to relieve congestion is to make use of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) technology to monitor and manage the flow of traffic in major unincorporated area roadway corridors. ITS provides a traffic management tool that can be used to improve safety and reduce congestion for all modes of transportation.

The heart of Sacramento County’s traffic management system is the Traffic Operations Center (TOC) which was opened in 2001. This state-of-the-art facility enables staff to improve traffic conditions as problems occur in four major transportation corridors:

Staff monitors traffic in these corridors with 37 surveillance cameras and makes adjustments to traffic signals to improve the flow of traffic. In addition, staff can respond to accidents, hazardous spills and other emergencies by changing traffic signal timing and posting information on any of five permanently installed changeable message signs.

SACDOT is moving forward with a number of projects to expand the County Intelligent Transportation System:

Ultimately, all signals and corridors within the County will be monitored from the TOC.