DYNAMIC MESSAGE SIGNS : A UNIQUE MODULAR APPROACH

Modular designs increase the scope and applicability of dynamic message signs beyond the traditional fixed or large portable installation requiring heavy duty supports and transporters. The modular bricks can make signs of any size, and their light weight and a connecting system allows them to be bolted to almost any material. The signs are also completely reconfigurable. Sites are described where the signs have been deployed. These include: fixed roadside signs on a narrow shoulder roadway; overhead installations that have more message capability than traditional drum signs they replaced; storm evacuation signs that are easily transported to different locales, depending on the weather; and truck-mounted helper signs.

• Record URL:
  http://www.imsasafety.org/journal/ja02/julaug20021.htm
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/7529443
• Supplemental Notes:
  • July/Aug. 2002
• Corporate Authors:

  International Municipal Signal Association

  165 East Union Street
  P.O. Box 539
  Newark, NY  United States  14513
• Authors:
  • DUMKE, L R
• Publication Date: 2002-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 54-57
• Serial:
  • IMSA Journal
  • Volume: 40
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: International Municipal Signal Association
  • ISSN: 10642560
  • Serial URL: http://www.imsasafety.org

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost effectiveness; Modular structures; Real time information; Variable message signs
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00930183
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 30 2002 12:00AM