Development of a Vision-Based Landside Traffic Management System for Congestion and Safety Monitoring at Airports

Landside traffic management at airports is crucial for monitoring congestion and safety. Currently, The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) currently relies on traditional traffic data collection methods and manual observations from their cameras to monitor landside traffic at the John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport. This becomes especially significant given JFK's ongoing $19 billion expansion and its daily service to nearly 62 million passengers. The research team proposes developing an operationalized computer vision-based analytics tool in collaboration with PANYNJ that will leverage JFK's existing cameras and provide real-time traffic data extraction, assisting the Transportation Management Center (PA-TMC) in its decision-making process. Key features include real-time traffic alerts, evaluations of the mobility and safety impacts from frontage modifications, and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven assessments of construction zones. By using JFK as a demonstration, this initiative seeks to enhance the efficiency of airport traffic monitoring, ultimately benefiting the regional economy and improving passenger satisfaction.

• Record URL:
  https://c2smarter.engineering.nyu.edu/development-of-a-visionbased-landside-traffic-management-system-for-congestion-and-safety-monitoring-at-airports

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $60000
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551747124

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

  225 Park Avenue South
  New York, NY  United States  10003

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Connected Communities for Smart Mobility Towards Accessible and Resilient Transportation for Equitably Reducing Congestion (C2SMARTER)

  New York University
  Brooklyn, New York  United States  11201
• Project Managers:

  Pohl, Lizzie

• Performing Organizations:

  Connected Communities for Smart Mobility Towards Accessible and Resilient Transportation for Equitably Reducing Congestion (C2SMARTER)

  New York University
  Brooklyn, New York  United States  11201

  NYU

  NYC, NY  United States 
• Principal Investigators:

  Gao, Jingqin

  Ozbay, Kaan

• Start Date: 20231001
• Expected Completion Date: 20240930
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airports; Cameras; Computer vision; Landside operations (Airports); Real time data processing; Traffic surveillance
• Identifier Terms: John F. Kennedy International Airport; Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Data and Information Technology; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01897926
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Connected Communities for Smart Mobility Towards Accessible and Resilient Transportation for Equitably Reducing Congestion (C2SMARTER)
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747124
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Oct 30 2023 10:36PM