BEST PRACTICES FOR CCTV CAMERA LOCATIONS

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BEST PRACTICES FOR CCTV CAMERA LOCATIONS

• Transpo 2008

Angel Reanos ITS Engineer HNTB Corporation
September 24, 2008
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Best Practices For CCTV Camera Locations

• Location Identification Process
• Placement Guidelines
• Typical Scenarios
  
• Questions and Answers

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Best Practices For CCTV Camera Locations
Location Identification Process
Client Needs
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Best Practices For CCTV Camera Locations
Location Identification Process

• Client Needs - CCTV Camera Intended Use

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Best Practices For CCTV Camera Locations
Location Identification Process

• Field Review

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Best Practices For CCTV Camera Locations
Location Identification Process

• Field Review (Contd.)

• Identify Construction Constraints
• Right of Way
• Utility Conflicts (Underground/Aboveground)
• Verify Power and Communications Availability
• Maintenance Access

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Best Practices For CCTV Camera Locations
Location Identification Process

• Concept Plans Development

• Documentation of Field Review Findings
• Identification of ROW Easements
• Preliminary Location of Cameras
• Project Coordination

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Best Practices For CCTV Camera Locations
Placement Guidelines

• Camera Spacing
• Typically 1 Mile Spacing
• Roadway Geometry
• Right of Way
• Specific Sites of Interest
• Field of View Obstructions

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Best Practices For CCTV Camera Locations
Placement Guidelines

• Camera Height
• Typically 40 Feet or Higher Above Roadway
• Airport Glide Path Restrictions
• Location in
  Reference to Roadway
• Clear Zone
• Behind Guardrail
• Proximity to Communications Backbone

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Best Practices For CCTV Camera Locations
Placement Guidelines

• Simulation Video
• Preview of CCTV Camera Coverage
• Finalize Locations
• By 60 Plan Development

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Best Practices For CCTV Camera Locations
Typical Scenarios

• Freeways

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Best Practices For CCTV Camera Locations
Typical Scenarios

• Major Interchanges

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Best Practices For CCTV Camera Locations

• Acknowledgements
• Miami-Dade Expressway Authority (MDX)
• Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT),
  District 6
  
• HNTB Corporation

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Best Practices For CCTV Camera Locations

• Questions?