FUNCTION OF TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS IN MAJOR DISASTERS

Traffic control centers located in Japan have major functions, such as traffic information collection, traffic signal control, and traffic information dissemination. Although originally intended to manage ordinary traffic, these functions can be utilized when a large-scale disaster occurs, such as the Great Hanshin Earthquake in January 1995. This paper describes functions the current traffic control system provides to be ready for a large-scale disaster. Also, it contains several plans for countermeasures against a disaster with respect to the system establishment of actualizing specifically the universal traffic management systems, which are the intelligent transportation systems-related programs in Japan, and other new concepts.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Five volumes of papers and one volume of abstracts comprise the published set of conference materials.
• Corporate Authors:

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  TORANOMOM 34 MORI BUILDING 1-25-5
  TORANOMON, MINATOKU, TOKYO 105  Japan 
• Authors:
  • Tanaka, Y
• Conference:
  • Steps Forward. Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress
  • Location: Yokohama, Japan
  • Date: 1995-11-9 to 1995-11-11
• Publication Date: 1995-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 1351

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Countermeasures; Disasters; Highway traffic control; Information dissemination; Intelligent transportation systems; Signalization; Traffic control
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic control systems
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00723399
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Volume 3
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 18 1996 12:00AM