Integration of ICM and ATM

Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) and Active Traffic Management (ATM) have currently captured the practitioners’ imaginations in the USA. ICM allows for the integration of all facility types (freeways and arterials) and modes along a specific corridor, and optimizes flow for all modes of transportation. ATM optimizes the flow along a given section of freeway by utilizing hard shoulders as an extra lane during peak hours, ramp metering, and variable speed limits. Individually, each of these is a powerful tool in the hands of operators that can significantly improve the quality and quantity of transportation capacity along specific links and corridors. Various corridors have been identified for the implementation of both ICM and ATM across the US, but to my knowledge there has not been a corridor identified that incorporates both. Together, these two tools are capable of transforming transportation in the US and creation of remarkable improvements and benefits for both the transportation operator and transportation users. Ultimately, the combination of these two tools into a single management tool will allow us to operate and manage facilities to optimize corridors in a real-time manner to address both normal peak hour congestion and those conditions caused by incidents.

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  • http://itswc.confex.com/itswc/WC2011/webprogram/Paper1398.html
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Intelligent Transportation Society of America.
• Corporate Authors:

  ITS America

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• Authors:
  • Marcuson, Joel K
• Conference:
  • 18th ITS World Congress
  • Location: Orlando Florida, United States
  • Date: 2011-10-16 to 2011-10-20
• Publication Date: 2011

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Maps; Photos; References;
• Pagination: 9p
• Monograph Title: 18th ITS World Congress, Orlando, 2011. Proceedings

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced traffic management systems; Integrated corridor management
• Candidate Terms: Vehicle infrastructure integration
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01487289
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 18 2013 1:54PM