Growth in the Desert

This article describes how AZTech (Arizona Tech), a coalition of local and regional agencies, has developed an exemplary traffic management system for the Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area. Beginning in 1998 with a $7.5 million Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) grant, AZTech developed an advanced travel information system (ATIS) with a website that receives 10 million hits per month; a freeway management system that relies on more than 500 loop detectors buried beneath roadways in and around Phoenix; an incident management system; and an arterial management system that uses dynamic message signage, CCTV cameras, and traffic detection devices. A SparcCenter 2000 information processor collects data from regional partners and transmits it to travelers. In the future, an ATIS project will provide real-time, pre-trip travel time information on LCD displays.

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  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/35183091
• Authors:
  • Simpson, Sarah
  • Ciccarelli, Armand
• Publication Date: 2005-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Illustrations; Photos;
• Pagination: pp 30-33
• Serial:
  • ITS International
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Route One Publishing Limited
  • ISSN: 1463-6344
  • Serial URL: http://www.itsinternational.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced traveler information systems; Arterial highways; Freeway management systems; Incident management; Intelligent transportation systems; Regional planning; Regional transportation; Traffic congestion
• Geographic Terms: Arizona
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01020521
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 23 2006 8:36AM