REAL-TIME MEASURES OF EFFECTIVENESS (MOES) FOR ATMS CONTRACT MODIFICATION

Traffic congestion slows traffic movement, increases vehicular emissions, and pollutes the environment. State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) and local municipalities cannot keep current with the demands of growing traffic. Building new highways is not an option due to escalating construction costs, insufficient funds, and right-of-way constraints. Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), such as Advanced Traffic Management Systems (ATMS), promote safe and efficient use of existing transportation facilities. ITS applications and their respective sensors and detectors provide valuable data regarding transportation systems characteristics and performance. The data is typically used to carry out particular ITS functions, such as traffic signal control, traveler information services, and incident management. ITSs are expanding their operations in major urban areas and data collection is becoming more comprehensive. If ITS data is saved and made accessible it can be used for many additional purposes. For example, ITS-derived performance measures describing traffic throughput, delay, and variability could potentially be used in transportation planning, research, and other areas. Traffic management operators are currently considering the development of an automated ITS data archiving and analyzing system to improve transportation performance monitoring.

• Record URL:
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xOL6J7nKorZfr2WdPHnac378QLBvm-15/view?usp=sharing
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• Corporate Authors:

  University of Utah, Salt Lake City

  Utah Traffic Laboratory, 122 S Central Campus Drive
  Salt Lake City, UT  United States  84112

  Utah Department of Transportation

  Research and Development Division, 4501 South 2700 West, P.O. Box 148410
  Salt Lake City, UT  United States  84119-8410
• Authors:
  • Martin, P T
  • Wu, Peiling
• Publication Date: 2003

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 55 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced traffic management systems; Advanced traveler information systems; Contracts; Data collection; Detectors; Highway traffic; Highway traffic control; Incident management; Intelligent transportation systems; ITS program applications; Measures of effectiveness; Monitoring; Performance; Real time information; Sensors; Traffic congestion; Traffic delays; Traffic signal control systems; Urban areas
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00983503
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UT-03.27, UTL-0503-68, Final Report
• Contract Numbers: 02-9076
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Dec 12 2004 12:00AM