FAST-TRAC AT THE WORLD CUP

FAST-TRAC was part of a comprehensive strategy to manage traffic for World Cup soccer matches at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan. By June 1, 1994, the Road Commission for Oakland County, Michigan, equipped over 50 intersections around the Pontiac Silverdome with the Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Traffic System. The Road Commission was also coordinated the traffic management effort with World Cup organizers, local police, area businesses, and others. This test of the system's capabilities proved to be a success. Fewer police officers were required for traffic control, and the time required to clear traffic was reduced with each of the four games. New special event signal programs were written and fine-tuned based on the experience gained from World Cup. Good planning, cooperation, and the flexibility of the single system lead to this success.

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

  VERTIS

  TORANOMOM 34 MORI BUILDING 1-25-5
  TORANOMON, MINATOKU, TOKYO 105  Japan 
• Authors:
  • Barbaresso, J C
  • Bair, B O
  • Reyea, D P
• 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. 2123

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adaptive control; Cooperation; Flexibility; Highway traffic control; Intelligent transportation systems; Planning; Signalized intersections; Special events
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00724463
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Volume 4
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 30 1996 12:00AM