Traveling With Success, How Local Governments Use Intelligent Transportation Systems

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• Subject/TRT Terms:
  INCIDENT MANAGEMENT/INCIDENT DETECTION
• Resource Type:
  Other
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation Systems
• Abstract:
  ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT OR ETC/ETTM, ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS OR ATMS, ADVANCED TRAVELER INFORMATION SYSTEMS OR ATIS, ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS SYSTEMS, TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL/REAL-TIME ADAPTIVE CONTROL, TRANSIT MANAGEMENT/FLEET MANAGEMENT

  
  
  CITIES, COUNTIES AND METROPOLITAN AREAS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON INDIVIDUAL INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM (ITS) TECHNOLOGIES. YET, VERY FEW HAVE DESIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED THESE SYSTEMS IN SUCH A WAY AS TO INTEGRATE THEM WITH FUTURE SYSTEMS.

  
  
  THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THROUGH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, HAS LAUNCHED A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO INTEGRATE APPLICATION OF THESE ITS TECHNOLOGIES. THIS INITIATIVE HAS BEEN TERMED "ITS CORE INFRASTRUCTURE," AND IT PROVIDES THE BUILDING BLOCKS NEEDED TO COMBINE TWO OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING TECHNOLOGIES WHICH MAY ALREADY BE IN PLACE IN YOUR OWN JURISDICTION:

  
  
  - TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

  
  
  - FREEWAY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

  
  
  - TRANSIT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

  
  
  - INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

  
  
  - ELECTRONIC FARE PAYMENT SYSTEMS;

  
  
  - ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION SYSTEMS; AND

  
  
  - MULTIMODAL TRAVELER INFORMATION SYSTEMS.">- TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

  
  
  - FREEWAY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

  
  
  - TRANSIT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

  
  
  - INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

  
  
  - ELECTRONIC FARE PAYMENT SYSTEMS;

  
  
  - ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION SYSTEMS; AND

  
  
  - MULTIMODAL TRAVELER INFORMATION SYSTEMS.">KEYWORDS:
  
  
  INCIDENT MANAGEMENT/INCIDENT DETECTION, ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT OR ETC/ETTM, ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS OR ATMS, ADVANCED TRAVELER INFORMATION SYSTEMS OR ATIS, ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS SYSTEMS, TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL/REAL-TIME ADAPTIVE CONTROL, TRANSIT MANAGEMENT/FLEET MANAGEMENT

  
  
  
  
  
  CITIES, COUNTIES AND METROPOLITAN AREAS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON INDIVIDUAL INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM (ITS) TECHNOLOGIES. YET, VERY FEW HAVE DESIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED THESE SYSTEMS IN SUCH A WAY AS TO INTEGRATE THEM WITH FUTURE SYSTEMS.

  
  
  THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THROUGH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, HAS LAUNCHED A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO INTEGRATE APPLICATION OF THESE ITS TECHNOLOGIES. THIS INITIATIVE HAS BEEN TERMED "ITS CORE INFRASTRUCTURE," AND IT PROVIDES THE BUILDING BLOCKS NEEDED TO COMBINE TWO OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING TECHNOLOGIES WHICH MAY ALREADY BE IN PLACE IN YOUR OWN JURISDICTION:

  
  
  - TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

  
  
  - FREEWAY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

  
  
  - TRANSIT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

  
  
  - INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

  
  
  - ELECTRONIC FARE PAYMENT SYSTEMS;

  
  
  - ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION SYSTEMS; AND

  
  
  - MULTIMODAL TRAVELER INFORMATION SYSTEMS.
  
  

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