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Travel Management Team
The Travel Management Team researches, tests, evaluates, develops, and improves advanced hardware and software technologies and tools to evaluate and mitigate recurring and non-recurring congestion. Some products are deployed in the field, such as Adaptive Control Software (ACS) and ACS Lite, enabling the transportation system to be managed in a real-time, dynamic manner. Other products include software tools, such as QuickZone and DYNASMART-P, which allow transportation practitioners to analyze traffic conditions and evaluate traffic operations and ITS strategies before they are deployed in the field.
Travel Management Team members and responsibilities
Related research publications
Some recent research products and programs are summarized in the table below. A more detailed listing of the research projects can be found in the RD&T FY 2006-2007 Performance Plan.
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Adaptive Control Software (ACS)
Adjusts signal timing to accommodate changing traffic patterns. These decentralized prototypes operate at the local intersection level. A report is available on CD-ROM. |
Contact:
Raj Ghaman
ACS Report on CD-ROM available by email |
Adaptive Control Software Lite (ACS Lite)
A reduced-scale version of the ACS that offers small and medium-size communities a low-cost traffic control system that operates in real time. |
Contact:
Raj Ghaman
ACS Lite Brochure |
Advanced Transportation Controller and Cabinet
The next generation of hardware that will support multiple advanced transportation applications. Specifications for advanced transportation controllers, cabinets, and applications program interfaces have been developed to assure interchangeability and interoperability between application programs and hardware. |
Contact:
Raj Ghaman
Institute of Transportation Engineers ATC Web site |
Dynamic Traffic Assignment (DTA) Program
Uses expert computer processing to develop Traffic Estimation and Prediction Systems (TrEPS) that predict where and when drivers travel on the road network. TrEPS enable dynamic control and management systems to anticipate problems before they occur, rather than simply reacting to existing conditions. Two software systems for online traffic prediction and two for offline traffic operations planning were developed and tested. The two online systems, DynaMIT-R and DYNASMART-X, are being field tested at traffic management centers for real-time traffic management. The offline systems, DynaMIT-P and DYNASMART-P, are being used in several region-wide traffic management projects. DYNASMART-P is publicly available through the McTrans Center (http://mctrans.ce.ufl.edu). |
Contact:
Henry Lieu
Randy VanGorder
DTA Web site
Obtain DYNASMART-P from McTrans Center |
Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) Initiative
The ICM Initiative will provide guidance to assist agencies in implementing Integrated Corridor Operations; create supporting analysis tools, approaches, and technical standards; and demonstrate the value of ICM. |
Contact:
Dale Thompson
ICM Web sites:
http://www.its.dot.gov
http://www.itsa.org |
ITS Deployment Analysis System (IDAS)
A software tool designed for transportation planners to estimate the costs and benefits of ITS development and strategies. IDAS can predict the relative costs and benefits of over 60 types of ITS investments. IDAS is publicly available through the McTrans Center (http://mctrans.ce.ufl.edu). |
Contact:
James Colyar
IDAS Web sites:
http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov
http://idas.camsys.com/
Obtain IDAS from McTrans Center |
Next Generation Simulation (NGSIM)
The objective of the NGSIM program is to develop a core of open driver behavior algorithms that support microscopic traffic simulation, including supporting documentation and detailed validation data sets that describe the interactions of travelers, vehicles, and highway systems. These products will be openly distributed and made freely available to the broad transportation community. |
Contact:
James Colyar
NGSIM Web sites:
http://ngsim.fhwa.dot.gov
http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov
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Strategic Work Zone Analysis Tools (SWAT)
A suite of user-friendly computer software that accurately analyzes and reliably predicts work zone impacts during preplanning, planning, design, and operation of construction or maintenance phases.
QuickZone is a SWAT to estimate delay in and around work zones. It is an open-source, Microsoft® Excel®-based application suitable for both urban and inter-urban corridor analyses. QuickZone is publicly available through the McTrans Center (http://mctrans.ce.ufl.edu).
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Contact:
Deborah Curtis
SWAT Web site
QuickZone Web site
Publications:
Strategic Workzone Analysis Tools (Public Roads, Nov/Dec 2000)
QuickZone (Public Roads, July/August 2001)
Obtain QuickZone from McTrans Center |
Traffic Research Lab (TReL)
Contains sophisticated computers and traffic signal control hardware that operate in a controlled environment to allow researchers to fully assess the efficiency, safety, and mobility benefits (or disadvantages) of strategies before they are deployed in the field. |
Contact:
Raj Ghaman
Randy VanGorder
TReL Web site |
Traffic Software Integrated System (TSIS)
A collection of sophisticated software tools for use by traffic analysts to simulate traffic conditions and evaluate alternative operational improvements on surface streets, freeways, or a combination of both. Corridor Simulation (CORSIM) is the primary tool within TSIS that models the movements of individual vehicles throughout the simulated roadway network. TSIS is publicly available through the McTrans Center (http://mctrans.ce.ufl.edu). |
Contact:
James Colyar
TSIS Web site
Obtain TSIS from McTrans Center |
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