PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER FOR THE 21ST CENTURY. REGIONAL EFFORTS FOR IMPROVING ARTERIAL TRAFFIC OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT

This paper discusses the San Francisco Bay Area's on-going efforts under the Arterial Operations Program to improve operation and management of arterials at the regional level. The paper provides an overview of the Arterial Operations Program, including the Traffic Engineering Technical Assistance Program (TETAP), the Technical Transfer Seminar Program, and the MTS Arterial Database Project. It describes the activities conducted through each program designed to benefit both system users and local traffic engineers. Activities include the implementation of cross-jurisdictional signal timing and operational improvements through TETAP, development of a concept of Operations Report for multi-agency corridor management projects to ensure institutional barriers are addressed, and the recent effort to develop a regional traffic signal systems database linked to a GIS. Finally, it offers some suggestions and lessons learned for establishing and deploying similar programs.

• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Estrella, A
  • Georgevich, J
• Conference:
  • Compendium of Papers. Institute of Transportation Engineers 2000, District 6 Annual Meeting
  • Location: San Diego, California
  • Date: 2000-6-24 to 2000-6-28
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 15p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Geographic information systems; Management; Operations; Regional planning; Technical assistance; Traffic congestion; Traffic engineering
• Geographic Terms: San Francisco Bay Area
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00803390
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 16 2001 12:00AM