NYC DOT Real Time Traffic Information
The Real Time Traffic
Information (RTTI) portal allows the public, NYC DOT partner agencies, and media to view NYC DOT and NYS DOT CCTVs, provides tabular and geocoded map views, and the ability to create virtual
video walls. The portal provides travel time and
travel condition information in real-time. The portal includes information for cycling riders (NYC Bike Map, location of the bicycle parking racks, etc.) and a map of available electrical vehicle charging stations.
Assets Management Portal
AMP was launched in 2017 at the NYC DOT and has provided advanced
capabilities of managing, monitoring and tracking a multi-million array of assets as well as managing repairs and scheduling
installations. As of 2021 the system
manages more than 2 million IoT assets, ensuring quality of day-to-day operations and providing capabilities such as
discovering and managing IoT devices
in real-time from procurement to
decommission. AMP includes
customizable features such as
Dashboards, Reports Builder, Alarms and Notifications Modules and Data Integrity and Encryption Modules. The system
also provides a foundation for
SMART City solutions.
NYS DOT ATMS Systems – Design, Support and Maintenance
Fortis was tasked to provide a Region-Wide Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS) based on the “OPEK ITS Orchestrator™” platform. System controls over 250+ CCTVs, 128 DMSs, PDMSs, Travel Time VMSs, 1000+ detector stations, and exchanges over 1000+ CCTVs between 17 NYC and NYS Agencies, with over 300+ simultaneous users. System compliant with the latest standards, including NTCIP, NEMA, and NIST.
Connected Vehicles Assets Management System
CV-AMS improves the safety of travelers and pedestrians in New York City through the deployment of V2V, V2I and V2P connected vehicle technologies.
The system is scalable and can accommodate from 10,000 to 1,000,000 vehicles.
NYC Citywide Inter-Agency Video Sharing
Fortis has designed and implemented innovative solutions for video sharing between over a dozen multi-jurisdictional partners. We provide our clients with the ability to react quickly during emergency situations by creating a common operating picture. Using our products and solutions, agency command centers can dispatch proper resources to respond to events/incidents in order to protect the public and infrastructure. Our system was successfully utilized during major NYC events such as: Super Bowl XLVIII (New York/New Jersey), NYC Marathons, New Year’s Eve Ball drop in Times Square, UN General Assembly and Pope Francis USA visit.
MTA On-call
As a sub-consultant, Fortis is developing conceptual designs and providing recommendations on a variety of client initiatives, including deployment of Video Walls at the MTA Traffic Management Center (TMC), design of the Video Management System (VMS), and conceptual design of the primary and redundant TMC’s. Fortis provides recommendations for ITS inventory approaches and tests and provides reports and recommendations for various types of ITS devices.
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Network Design 5 NY Borough
Fortis has planned, designed, and implemented an optimum networking solution for the entire 5 NY Borough ITS infrastructure. The solution includes a network security perimeter architecture with multiple layers of defense, up-to-date and hardened policies and controls, and segmentation. Our rock-solid design ensures reliable communication with 2000+ RTMS’s and tag readers, 300+ cameras, and 100+ DMSs/PDMSs and HARs. Fortis has also provided a ready to use platform for the expansion of the ITS mobility initiatives.
Borderless Assets Management
Our clients benefit from using a flexible and highly customizable interface which allows for asset management regardless of their specializations. Fortis developed the advanced Assets Management Portal (AMP), which is scalable to account hundreds of thousands of items and includes unique capabilities to account for assets using built-in properties that self-expand by creating new characteristics without the need for re-coding
Assets Management Portal for Pedestrian Ramps
Pedestrian ramps are an essential tool for all pedestrians, providing access on and off New York City streets and sidewalks. NYC DOT maintains 320,000+ pedestrian ramps. The Assets Management Portal for Pedestrian Ramps supports DOT in all phases of ramp upgrades and maintenance, including the ability to upload initial as-builds, photos, drawings and corresponding documentation, schedule inspections, submissions and reviews. AMP tracks progress of the construction and upgrades, with the ability to display original, intermediate and final designs on geocoded maps. The system provides a variety of reports, alerts, and notifications, and allows for simplification and automation of ramp inventory processes.
“Green” Data Center Initiative
Fortis has provided custom award-winning solutions to optimize and renovate our client’s data centers to be compliant with “Green Data Center” standards. According to the NY Governor Office series of innovative clean energy and environmental initiatives, Fortis has implemented different components in data centers such as mercury-less and lower power consumption video walls as well as other HP ENERGY STAR® qualified products. This solution was presented with the “Outstanding ITS Project of the Year” award.
