DEVELOPMENT OF ITS-BASED INVESTIGATION FOR THE RHODE ISLAND TRAC PROGRAM

This report provides information regarding an educational activity that was developed for students to allow them to understand how Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)-based investigations are handled. It describes a project which examined the use of variable message signs, analyzing the different levels of diversion and determining their effectiveness in deploying traffic diversion strategies.

• Record URL:
  https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/17000/17100/17104/PB2000108086.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: 2000 New England University Transportation Center, Cambridge MA Remarks: Performed by Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Rhode Island under contract no. DTRS95-G-0001
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Rhode Island, Kingston

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Kingston, RI  United States  02881

  New England University Transportation Center

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 40-279
  Cambridge, MA  United States  01239

  Department of Transportation

  University Transportation Centers Program, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Hunter, Christopher Dickerson
  • Lee, K Wayne
  • 0000-0002-5204-9493
  • Abedon, Daniel
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 20 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Education and training; Incident management; Traffic diversion; Variable message signs
• Subject Areas: Education and Training;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00801214
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Report/Paper Numbers: URI E11-3
• Files: PATH, NTL, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 7 2000 12:00AM