Intelligent Transportation System

Implementing intelligent transportation systems assists us in improving transportation safety and mobility for you.

Transportation Incident Management Center (TiMC)

We have a state of the art center that:

  • Enhances the city's ability to manage its transportation facilities
  • Provides a means for improving transportation mobility along the region's highways and major arterial by integrating arterial and freeway management services across Santa Clara County and its neighboring cities
  • Provides a central location for real time travel information sharing
  • Assists incident and emergency response coordination
  • Provides access to data and video from our field devices

Regional Intelligent Transportation Systems

The Silicon Valley ITS (SV-ITS) program implements real-time transportation management measures through the use of technologies to collect real-time data that helps with:

  • Processing of data
  • Delivering information to travelers
  • Adjust traffic management devices and activities to reflect changing traffic conditions

Cooperation

The program also develops procedures and measures to:

  • Coordinate traffic management activities
  • Reduce travel demand
  • Address freeway incidents
  • Encourage use of alternative modes of travel between the following program partner agencies.
    • Cities of Campbell, Cupertino, Fremont, Milpitas, San José, and Santa Clara
    • Town of Los Gatos
    • County of Santa Clara
    • Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA)
    • California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)
    • California State Highway Patrol (CHP)
    • Metropolitan Transportation Committee (MTC)