Safety

In 2003, Battelle Memorial Institute (Battelle) conducted a comprehensive evaluation of
the City of Scottsdale’s arterial street Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS).  
The paper summarizes the conclusions of the various evaluation analyses but focuses on
how the system has facilitated partnering and leveraging of resources among law
enforcement and traffic operations staff.  Findings in two areas are featured:  special
events and incidents (traffic crashes). The ATMS consists of a centralized traffic signal
system, closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras, and dynamic message signs (DMS),
monitored and operated from a Traffic Management Center (TMC).

Battelle Memorial Institute

Presented at the ITS America Annual Conference and Exposition, April 26 - 28, 2004 San Antonio, Texas

The Gary Chicago Milwaukee (GCM) ITS Corridor Awareness & Communications (A&C) Work Group is a multi-agency, multi-state group striving to achieve the overall goals and objectives of the GCM Corridor Program. The GCM Corridor A&C Work Group has been operating on a minimal budget since the elimination of the National ITS Priority Corridor Program under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA 21) legislation. Nonetheless, the GCM Corridor A&C Work Group continues to make effective use of resources across state lines on a minimal budget to produce effective communications tools for outreach and education throughout the GCM Corridor. One of the reasons the A&C Work Group is effective is the diversity of perspectives brought to the committee by its members. Today, the A&C Work Group members represent the public relations, the policy, and the planning perspectives and together they are working to provide exceptional outreach and education efforts for the GCM Corridor Program.

Illinois Department of Transportation

Minnesota Department of Transportation

Presented at the 10th ITS Annual Conference and Exposition, May 1-4, 2000 Boston, MA

Managing the transportation system capacity during mass evacuations in response to
hurricanes and severe weather systems is complex.  The Louisiana DOTD is
implementing a road weather management system to help address this problem.  The
solution integrates LaDOTD road information and weather in a GIS framework.  One of
the unique capabilities of the system is the calculation current and forecast road travel
time conditions based on current and forecast weather.  Integration in a GIS also provides
the abilities to push proactive alerts and publish real-time road weather maps to decision
makers.  This paper will discuss implementation experiences and initial impacts of the
system.

James E. Mitchell, Ph. D. and Clive F. Reece, Ph. D.

Presented at the ITS America Annual Conference and Exposition, April 26 - 28, 2004 San Antonio, Texas

The Elizabeth River Midtown Tunnel Approach TMS system is designed to manage and monitor traffic in Pinners Point area on the Portsmouth approach to the Midtown Tunnel. The system is also designed to automatically detect a tunnel approaching over-height vehicle early enough to automatically execute predefined safety measures to prevent accidents. Due to the complexity and limitations of the geometry, a control logic was developed and incorporated into the TMS system design to achieve the operational and safety objectives of the automated system. This paper presents the control logic and overall TMS system design functions. The control logic developed can be applied by other transportation practitioners to similar tunnel approach control systems.

DKS Associates

Presented at the 11th ITS Annual Conference and Exposition, June 4-7, 2001 Miami Beach, Florida

In this paper we introduce a system architecture general enough to encompass all intersection collision warning and gap advisory scenarios. We propose to use our architecture along with standardization of the subsystem interfaces in order to achieve efficiency, fast design and development, high subsystem reusability and high upgradeability.

The kernel of the proposed architecture is a “StateMap”, a data base of knowledge of all the dynamic components within and, to a reasonable range, approaching the intersection. A “state map generator” processes the inputs from a heterogeneous set of sensors into a standardized “state map”. The introduction of this subsystem makes faster and easier the development of safety application programs. At the same time it makes easier to reuse and upgrade applications.

University of California, Berkeley

Presented at the ITS America Annual Conference and Exposition, May 19-22, 2003 Minneapolis, Minnesota