FEASIBILITY OF INTEGRATING URBAN TRAFFIC OPERATIONS TECHNIQUES - VOLUME II - TECHNICAL REPORT

This report describes the results of a feasibility study designed to investigate the potential for integrating urban traffic management systems. Most existing traffic management systems are designed and implemented independently of other management systems that are either in operation or planned. This approach leads to redundancies in manpower and underutilization of both communications networks and hardware. This study developed various ways in which existing or planned traffic operations techniques could be integrated. Three case studies, Rochester, Cincinnati, and Los Angeles, were included to determine the potential of integrated systems under realistic conditions. Integrated systems were found to be feasible and highly cost effective. Apart from financial savings they are also beneficial to the driver as more responsive traffic operations are possible. The report also contains recommendations on further research, feasibility studies, institutional considerations, regulatory and funding issues.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume I - Executive Summary, FHWA/RD-87/021.
• Corporate Authors:

  Farradyne Systems, Incorporated

  1776 East Jefferson Street
  Rockville, MD  United States  20852

  SG Associates, Incorporated

  4200 Daniels Avenue
  Annandale, VA  United States  22003

  Federal Highway Administration

  Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, 6300 Georgetown Pike
  McLean, VA  United States  22101
• Authors:
  • Sumner, R L
  • Tarnoff, P J
  • Andrle, S J
• Publication Date: 1986-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 85 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Cost effectiveness; Feasibility analysis; Highway operations; Highway traffic control; Integrated systems; Operations research; Traffic data
• Old TRIS Terms: Integrated traffic data system; Traffic operations research
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00472100
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/RD-87/022, FCP 32P2-342
• Contract Numbers: DTFH61-85-C-00089
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 31 1987 12:00AM