Traffic incidents are one of the leading causes of death worldwide, and are responsible for about 40,000 fatalities each year in the United States. The goal of our project was to work with the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Bureau to propose current and future ITS solutions to decrease fatalities in areas with high crash frequency, or hotspots, in NMDOT Districts 3 and 5. We accomplished this by utilizing ArcGIS maps to locate hotspots, interviewing professionals, and visiting these locations. We composed and analyzed a compilation of ITS solutions the NMDOT could potentially utilize in the future to improve traffic safety within the state, as well as recommended specific solutions that would best address the hotspots.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Ortega, Solomon Phoenix
• Milliken, Matthew
• Borden, Kelly
• LaBahn, Marc

Subject

• Well-Being
• Security
• Health
• Infrastructure

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-101217-191724

Keyword

• Electronic data processing
• Transportation
• Public safety

Advisor

• Mathews, Lauren M.
• Belz, Melissa

Year

• 2017

Center

• Santa Fe, New Mexico Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) Intelligent Transportation

Date created

• 2017-10-12

Location

• Santa Fe

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright