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                Review of Traffic Management Systems - Current Practice
FHWA-HRT-23-051.pdf (5.19 MB)
      
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                  Publication Type:Report
                  Publication Number:FHWA-HRT-23-051
              Abstract:The purpose of this report is to provide an appreciation of the current practices, new methods, emerging technologies, and approaches to improve the active management and operation of a traffic management system (TMS). As agencies plan to implement or explore improving a TMS, they are facing a number of challenges, such as performance, costs for expanding system coverage, costs for enhancing supported services, costs for operating and maintaining the system, and demands on staff resources and their capabilities to operate and maintain the system. This report examines the basic functions of TMSs and supported operational strategies to identify how their current system compares to others; the range of capabilities existing in their practice; the motivation for agencies making investments in TMS functions or capabilities; the challenges and lessons learned from other agencies; and how to help agencies identify potential areas of improvement for their systems.





Recommended citation: Federal Highway Administration, Review of Traffic Management Systems—Current Practice (Washington, DC: 2023) https://doi.org/10.21949/1521996
              Publishing Date:July 2023
              Posting Date:09/12/2023
                                  Author(s):Kuciemba,
    
          Steve
              Jacobson,
    
          Les
              Mizuta,
    
          Arianne
              Nguyen,
    
          David
              Publishing Office:Office of Operations Research and Development
                  FHWA Program(s):Research
              Operations
              AMRP Program(s):Accelerate the implementation and delivery of new innovations and technologies that result from highway research and development to benefit all aspects of highway transportation
              FHWA Activities:Traffic Control Device Pooled Fund
              Integrating Advanced Technologies to Actively Manage Traffic
              Subject Area:Research
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