INTEGRATED MOTORIST INFORMATION SYSTEM (IMIS): PHASE III--DEVELOPMENT OF DETAILED DESIGN AND PS&E

Phase I of the IMIS project examined the feasibility of implementing an Integrated Motorist Information System in a corridor located in New York (Long Island). The results are documented in report numbers FHWA-RD-77-47, 48, and 49. Subsequently, Phase II of IMIS generalized and put into "handbook" form the methodology for performing an IMIS feasibility study. These results were documented as report numbers FHWA-RD-78-23 and 24. Under Phase III of IMIS (the present phase), a detailed design of the IMIS for the Northern Long Island corridor was performed, and Plans, Specifications, and Estimates (PS&E) were generated for a subsequent letting of the contract for the construction phase. This final report documents the development of the PS&E, and the design of IMIS by subsystem. These subsystems are: surveillance, signing, ramp metering, arterial control, control center (including operator interface), central computer subsystem, remote sites, and communications. Operating procedures as they apply to freeway and arterial control, failure management, and incident management are summarized. Operational requirements regarding staffing, training, and equipment maintenance are also discussed. (FHWA)

• Corporate Authors:

  Sperry Rand Corporation

  Sperry Systems Management Division
  Great Neck, NY  United States  11020

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • ZOVE, P
  • Johnson, W E
  • DeMatte, J F
  • Gale, W C
• Publication Date: 1982-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 101 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communications; Design; Driver information systems; Equipment; Feasibility analysis; Maintenance; Operations; Ramp metering; Traffic signs; Traffic surveillance; Training
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Design; Education and Training; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00371683
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-RD-82-108 Final Rpt., FCP 32C3-042
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-11-9557
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 29 1983 12:00AM