TAKING CONTROL : HIGHWAY OPERATORS HAVE AN INCREASING ARMOURY OF HIGH TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT TOOLS AT THEIR DISPOSAL, ASSISTING WITH EVERYTHING FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT TO CONGESTION MANAGEMENT

This paper describes different types of high technology traffic management tools. Examples include: a system that provides traffic surveillance and issue citations, a system that gives emergency vehicle priority, a system that detects incidents automatically and controls variable message signs, and a system that predicts the traffic response to permanent changes in traffic signal timings.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: November/December 1996
• Authors:
  • McManus, Sean
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 53-55
• Serial:
  • World highways = routes du monde. Vol. 5, no. 8 (Nov./Dec. 1996)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced traffic management systems; Law enforcement
• Subject Areas: Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00787375
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH
• Created Date: Nov 17 2000 12:00AM