The City of Ontario partnered with the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority (SBCTA) to construct a traffic management center (TMC) within the City’s Emergency Operations Center. This project accelerates the implementation of traffic signal coordination, ramp metering, and technology enhancement projects, with the objective of improving air quality for the City.
The Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee funding received for this project was utilized for the expansion of the TMC equipment to capture more intersections on the City’s traffic signal system, called Centracs. In addition, 100 plus signals will be added to the system as Ontario Ranch develops over the next 20 years.
These are the key functions of the TMC:
- Implement dynamic selection of traffic signal timings;
- Implement transit signal priority;
- Provide coordination among various agencies;
- Monitor traffic signal equipment, and dispatch resources to fix malfunctioning equipment;
- Provide traffic detection and surveillance;
- Modify arterial traffic signal timing when an incident occurs on a freeway;
- Manage incidents and special events or emergency evacuations; and
- Store data for long term archives and offline analysis.
The City also desired to immediately migrate 19 intersections along key truck routes into Centracs and install CCTV cameras at key intersections. These truck routes include Milliken Avenue from I-10 to Francis Street; Haven Avenue from I-10 to Philadelphia Street; and Jurupa Street from Archibald Avenue to I-15.
For more information about the Traffic Management Center, please contact the Engineering Department at (909) 395-2025 or visit www.ontarioca.gov/engineering.
About the City of Ontario
The City of Ontario is Building A Better Tomorrow with urban lifestyle districts that create sustainable places to live, work and play. Located just 35 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, the City of Ontario is ideally situated as Southern California’s gateway. With three major interstates, two railroads and the Ontario International Airport, Ontario offers direct access from Los Angeles to the rest of California, and to North America. With approximately 170,000 residents and residential development on the rise, Ontario looks to double its population in the next 20 years, making it one of the 100 most populated Cities in the nation. Complementing its business and residential core, Ontario dazzles with its amenities such as the Ontario Convention Center, Citizens Business Bank Arena, and the Ontario Mills Mall. To learn more about the City of Ontario, visit www.ontarioca.gov or call (909) 395-2000.
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