Strategies for Improving Traveler Information

This project developed a plan to improve traveler information for the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). MDOT has a long history of innovation in the field of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), including a robust traveler information program led by its on-line presence “MI Drive”. This on-line presence is supported at the roadside by the dense deployment of Dynamic Message Signs (DMS) in the southeast Detroit metro region, with an ever-growing number of DMS in more rural regions of the state. This current research effort provided an opportunity to position MDOT for future growth and enhanced service to the Michigan traveling public. Currently, there are a variety of pre- and en route MDOT traveler information resources, with more coming in the near future (such as the soon-to-be deployed capabilities to show travel speeds across the entire state on the “MI Drive” web site). There also are a number of traveler information resources and capabilities being explored by other states, such as the use of social media (i.e. Twitter) and hand-held mobile computing devices. This research project allowed MDOT to take a systematic view of the state of the practice of the Advanced Traveler Information System (ATIS), explore the capabilities of research currently being conducted, and provide a clear road map for MDOT as it grows and enhances its own ATIS capabilities. The project includes a literature search, a survey of the traveling public, and a scan of other significant statewide ATIS deployments.

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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/24419
• Corporate Authors:

  Cambridge Systematics, Incorporated

  555 12th Street, Suite 1600
  Oakland, CA  United States  94607-3616

  Michigan Department of Transportation

  Office of Research and Best Practices, 425 West Ottawa, P.O. Box 30050
  Lansing, MI  United States  48909
• Authors:
  • Hedden, Christopher
  • Krechmer, Dan
  • Van Hecke, Sam
  • Toppen, Alan
• Publication Date: 2011-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 80p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced traveler information systems; Computer online services; Intelligent transportation systems; Literature reviews; Surveys; Traveler information and communication systems; Variable message signs
• Identifier Terms: Michigan Department of Transportation
• Geographic Terms: Michigan
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01383555
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: RC-1559
• Contract Numbers: 2009-0669
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 22 2012 3:37PM