Thursday, April 8, 2004
and Updated Tuesday, May 18, 2004 and Updated Tuesday, October 5, 2004
City
and County of Honolulu Traffic Management Center and Compadres Bar &
Grill
The Hawaii
Section Younger Member Forum (YMF) organized a technical field trip to
the City and County of Honolulu's Traffic Management Center (TMC) on Friday,
April 23, 2004. Eight participants spent the afternoon with engineers
- Ty Fukumitsu, Nate Warner, and Warren Yamamoto. YMF watched as
they monitored the Friday afternoon rush hour on 135 cameras that cover
the island from Ewa to Hawaii Kai and adjusted the timing whenever necessary
on any one of the 350 traffic signals that are controlled from the TMC.
It was a typical Friday afternoon rush hour with the addition of a suspicious
package at the Hale Koa Hotel's parking structure, which shut down a portion
of Kalia Road for several hours. Traffic reporters for various radio
stations were also broadcasting live from the TMC. YMF was also featured
in the background during a live traffic update for TV station KHON.
YMF would like to thank the
staff and traffic reporters for the behind the scenes experience of operations
at the Traffic Management Center.
After the visit to the Traffic
Management Center, the group headed down the road to Compadres Bar &
Grill for Happy Hour. The seven participants enjoyed great company,
food, and drink. |
