Traffic Management Systems
The state of the art in transportation engineering has advanced dramatically over the last decade, and the application of new and more flexible traffic control devices, software systems, computer hardware, communications and surveillance technologies, and analysis methods has become commonplace. Many metropolitan areas have created traffic management centers (TMC) with closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras, traffic and weather sensors, electronic variable message signs (VMS), traffic signals, and ramp meters to monitor and manage traffic flow on streets and freeways. And as information is received at the
TMC, travelers are informed of problems via radio, television, the Internet, and VMS along the roadways.
Traffic Management Systems
A Toolbox for Alleviating Traffic
Congestions and Enhancing Mobility
Better Service, Greater Efficiency:
Transit Management for Demand Response Systems
Better
Service, Safer Service: Transit Management for Fixed-Route Systems
Comparable Systems Analysis: Design and Operation of Advanced Control Centers
FHWA-RD-94-147
Design of an ITS-Level Advanced Traffic Management System: A Human Factors Perspective
FHWA-RD-95-181
Developing
Freeway and Incident Management Systems Using the National ITS
Architecture
Developing Intelligent
Information Transportation Systems Using the National ITS Architecture:
An Executive Edition for Senior Transportation Managers
Developing
Traffic Signal Control Systems Using the National ITS Architecture
Developing
Traveler Information Systems Using the National ITS Architecture
Development of Human Factors Guidelines for Advanced Traveler Information Systems: Components of the Intelligent Transportation System - Design for Alternatives for In-Vehicle Information Display
FHWA-RD-96-147
Enhancing Public Safety, Saving Lives:
Emergency Vehicle Preemption
Faster Response Time, Effective Use of
Resources: Integrating Transportation Systems and Emerging Management
Systems
Improved Enforcement: Safer Roads for
State Agencies - Commercial Vehicle Electronic Screening
Intelligent Transportation Systems Field
Operational Test Cross-Cutting Test: Advanced Traveler Information
Systems (9/98)
Intelligent Transportation Systems Field
Operations Test Cross-Cutting Study: Commercial Vehicle Administrative
Process
Intelligent Transportation Systems Field
Operational Test Cross-Cutting Study: Emergency Notification and
Response (9/98)
Intelligent Transportation Systems Field
Operational Test Cross-Cutting Study: Emissions Management Using ITS
Technology (9/98)
Intelligent Transportation Systems Field
Operational Test Cross-Cutting Study: Hazardous Material Incident
Response (9/98)
Intelligent Transportation Systems Field
Operational Test Cross-Cutting Study: Incident Management: Detection,
Verification, and Traffic Management (9/98)
Preliminary Factors Guidelines for Traffic Control Management Centers
FHWA-JP-99-042
Presenting Hazard Warning Information to Drivers Using an Advanced Traveler Information System
FHWA-RD-96-183
Safer Travel: Improved Economic
Productivity Incident Management Systems
Saving
Lives, Improving Transportation Efficiency: Weather Information for
Surface Transportation
Sharing Resources, Coordination Response:
Deploying and Operating Incident Management Systems
Speeding Response, Saving Lives:
Automatic Vehicle Location Capabilities for Emerging Services
Streamlining ITS Planning: Identifying
Common ITS Needs, National ITS Architecture
Traffic Detector Handbook
FHWA-IP-90-002
Traffic Operations Control for Older and Pedestrians
FHWA-RD-95-169
Transportation Planning and ITS: Putting
the Pieces Together