TRIAL APPLICATION OF THE UNIVERSAL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (UTMS) DYNAMIC ROUTE GUIDANCE SYSTEMS

Universal Traffic Management System (UTMS) and Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department are planning to realize the interactive Centrally Determined Route Guidance (CDRG). The trial application has begun in spring of 1996. According to plans at UTMS, the ultimate aim for Dynamic Route Guidance Systems (DRGS) is to reduce congestion through traffic assignment. However, until in-vehicle units become sufficiently widespread to enable this, DRGS will guide each vehicle along its optimum route. The in-vehicle unit sends out the driver's destination the moment it enters into the communication zone of an infrared beacon. It finishes receiving information such as the route by the time it leaves the communication zone. The system selects the optimum route using link travel time data which is gathered by the traffic control system. Therefore, even in the early stages of its adoption when it cannot obtain large quantities of travel time data measured by in-vehicle units, the system can still provide guidance relating to the shortest route in terms of time required. The system provides the predicted travel time to the destination together with the route. The trial application is divided into three sections. The first section is a trial application relating to the basic performance of the system. The second section is an offline simulation of the system using actual data. The third section is a field trial application and part of the results of the trial application.

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• Authors:
  • Yamaguchi, M
  • Kitamura, T
  • Yoshida, T
  • Horiuchi, T
  • TAKEUCHI, K
• Conference:
  • Intelligent Transportation: Realizing the Future. Abstracts of the Third World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems
  • Location: Orlando, Florida
  • Date: 1996-10-14 to 1996-10-18
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Beacons; Dynamics; Highway traffic control; Infrared radiation; Network links; Route guidance; Simulation; Traffic assignment; Traffic congestion; Traffic control; Travel time
• Uncontrolled Terms: Links
• Old TRIS Terms: Dynamic conditions; Traffic control systems
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00741495
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1997 12:00AM