Best ITS management practices and technologies for Ohio : executive summary, July 2001.

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• Creators:
  Hauser, Edd ; Massey, Amy
• Corporate Creators:
  KHA of Ohio
• Corporate Contributors:
  University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Transportation Policy Studies ; Ohio. Dept. of Transportation ; United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Best practices
  • ITS program technologies
  • Incident management
  • Traffic signal control systems
  • Traffic control
  • Winter maintenance
  • Advanced traveler information systems
  • Vehicle detectors
  • Variable message signs
  • Intelligent transportation systems--Ohio
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/HWY-01/2002
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Ohio
• Edition:
  Executive summary.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Ohio. Dept. of Transportation
• Abstract:
  To address congestion and safety concerns on Ohio’s Macro Highway System, the following priorities were ; identified in this research report as solutions in urban areas: (1) incident management, (2) arterial signal ; coordination (primarily the responsibility of local governments), and (3) traffic control during construction and ; maintenance activities. On rural sections of highway maintained by ODOT, the priorities identified for ; improvement are: (1) traffic control during construction and maintenance activities, (2) weather/snow and ice ; monitoring, and (3) advanced traveler information systems. Specific technologies were explored in four areas ; that were identified to be of primary interest to ODOT: traffic detection, traffic controllers, dynamic message ; signs, and communications technologies. ; The following specific recommendations were made: (1) that ODOT pursue installation and use of non-intrusive ; detection methods wherever practical; (2) that ODOT continue its direction of procuring and installing 2070 ; Lite controllers and develop the capability to maintain these devices as well; (3) that limited use be made of the ; large dynamic message signs that are typically mounted on sign bridges over multiple lanes of freeways, and ; that smaller, cantilever-mounted or median-mounted signs be used in most situations; and (4) that a common ; ITS communications architecture /master plan be defined for each region to establish cost-effective deployment ; and operations of field devices and center components. ; It was further recommended that collocation of police and fire agencies be integral to ITS investments in urban ; areas of Ohio. Flexibility is the key to district staffing levels during the next several years of ITS deployment. ; To address equity issues, ODOT should centralize ITS operations and maintenance funding until ITS ; deployment becomes more widespread and integrated into District Offices’ planning and operations, and into ; the Central Office functions including most major units within the Department.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  14761(0)
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17587/dot_17587_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 34.99 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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