MIAMI-DADE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT CENTER (TMC) FUNCTIONALITY STUDY

The focus of this report is to provide assistance in the planning and implementation of regional transportation management centers (TMCs) in Miami-Dade County in Florida. It first defines the concept of a transportation management center and then discusses related benefits and challenges. It then provides an inventory and observations of existing TMCs in Miami-Dade County. TMC functionalities and a framework for the integration of multiple agencies are discussed. Summaries of eight case studies, describing state-of-the-art practice of TMC operations, are then presented. The report concludes with a set of recommendations for facilitating multi-agency and multi-modal TMC implementation in the Miami-Dade metropolitan area.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: December 2001. University of South Florida, Center for Urban Transportation Research, Tampa FL
• Corporate Authors:

  University of South Florida, Tampa

  Center for Urban Transportation Research, 4202 East Fowler Avenue
  Tampa, FL  United States  33620-5375

  Metro-Dade Metropolitan Planning Organization

  Metro-Dade Building, 111 NW 1st Street
  Miami, FL  United States  33128
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 59 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced traffic management systems; Traffic control centers
• Subject Areas: Highways; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00924483
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH
• Created Date: May 30 2002 12:00AM