TSIS: ADVANCED TRAFFIC SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR THE USER

In an effort to develop a standard platform, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has commissioned the continued development of the Traffic Software Integrated System (TSIS). The major goals of the TSIS initiative are to provide both a user interface that is intuitive and a platform for integrating transportation models. This will make FHWA's TRAF tools available to many more traffic engineers by reducing the time required to: (1) create traffic networks by reducing the labor-intensive, error-prone means presently available, and (2) learn how to operate the models and interpret their cryptic results. TSIS integrates a number of widely utilized traffic engineering packages including (1) FHWA's new microscopic traffic simulator, (2) a graphical input processor, (3) the traffic visualization package, and (4) signal optimization software. TSIS also improves the operability of CORSIM. This gives traffic engineers new opportunities to test scenarios to relieve traffic congestion, determine the effects of integrating freeway and corridor traffic by coordinating ramp meters and signal control strategies, and test and demonstrate the utility of adaptive signal control. Until recently, demonstrating the integration of these systems to reduce congestion was limited to either research performed in field tests or through traffic flow theory. For the first time, these models are becoming user-friendly and powerful enough to demonstrate these advancements in a laboratory-like, controlled environment.

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  American Society of Civil Engineers

  345 East 47th Street
  New York, NY  United States  10017-2398
• Authors:
  • Daigle, G
  • Krueger, G D
  • Clark, J
• Conference:
  • Traffic Congestion and Traffic Safety in the 21st Century: Challenges, Innovations, and Opportunities
  • Location: Chicago, Illinois
  • Date: 1997-6-8 to 1997-6-11
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 563-569

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adaptive control; Alternatives analysis; Coordination; Forecasting; Integrated systems; Performance tests; Ramp metering; Software; Testing; Traffic congestion; Traffic engineering; Traffic mitigation; Traffic signal timing
• Uncontrolled Terms: Mitigation
• Old TRIS Terms: Performance testing
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00739743
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0784402434
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 20 1997 12:00AM