Thirty light-emitting diode (LED) variable message signs (VMS) guide traffic around the city of Dallas and the Fair Park. Nine of the VMS are located on major thoroughfares approaching high-incident corridors. Twenty-one other VMS are used for special events in the Fair Park area, including 10 full-color signs.
“These signs are designed and strategically located to improve traffic flow and direct drivers to the correct entrance gate at the Park,” said Daktronics Project Manager Dale Storhaug. “There have been very positive comments from city officials, police and the citizens of Dallas. The motorists actually obey the signs better than they do the policemen.”
The color-coded VMS are designed to help travelers navigate the arterial roads surrounding the Fair Park. Unlike the previous static guide signs, messages on the VMS can be adjusted to display guidance to only venues holding events, eliminating unnecessary and irrelevant signage.
Some of the displays also have graphical capabilities; for example, the full-matrix signs can be used to show handicapped-parking symbols or other standard highway symbols.
All the displays are compliant with the standard communication protocol, NTCIP, and are operated with Daktronics Vanguard control software.
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