TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS AND THE YEAR 2000: IS THE SKY FALLING?

As the millennium approaches, the federal government has established formal policies and internal rules to address a potential problem with some traffic control systems. The government's strategy is based on five phases for addressing the problem: awareness, assessment, renovation, validation, and implementation. It is recommended that all traffic control system operators should be proactive and establish a plan to address the year 2000 (Y2K) problem now. The plan should include the following: do not assume that there is not a problem; do not assume that if there is a problem that someone else will provide a simple solution; prepare an inventory of all system elements (controllers, CMS/VMS displays, firmware, software) and request a Y2K compliance statement from the developer/supplier; and conduct a simulation of the Y2K occurrence on the system.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • McCracken, J W
• Publication Date: 1998-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 22-23
• Serial:
  • ITE Journal
  • Volume: 68
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
  • ISSN: 0162-8178
  • Serial URL: https://www.ite.org/publications/ite-journal/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: 21st century; Federal government; Forecasting; Management; Planning; Problem solving; Public policy; Reliability; Traffic control
• Uncontrolled Terms: Systems management
• Old TRIS Terms: Millennium; Systems reliability; Traffic control systems
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; I10: Economics and Administration; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00749265
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 28 1998 12:00AM