Personal Mobility

Traffic signal reviews have been undertaken in recent years and significant improvements have been achieved using computer aids to optimise traffic signal operation. Using computer aids, coordination can be modeled and traffic signal data can be collected and reviewed as part of the process of optimisation.

Road User Services

Presented at the ITS America Annual Conference and Exposition, November 16-20, 2008, New York, New York

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) and Ford Motor
Company are planning a project to demonstrate how vehicles can be used as sensors.  
The project will evaluate the effectiveness of using probe vehicles to collect a variety of
real-time information on the roadway network.  Of specific interest is the collection of
travel time and roadway surface conditions.  This information will be used to provide
traffic operations staff and motorists with better, real-time information with the aim to
improve travelers’ route choices, to assist traffic operations staff in better identifying
control strategies, and to improve maintenance response to poor roadway surface
conditions.  The envisioned system will augment roadway infrastructure-based data
collection methods such as in-pavement loop detectors, as well as provide information
on roadways where the cost of permanent sensors is prohibitive.

Minnesota Department of Transportation

Ford Research and Advanced Engineering

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

The focus of this report began with the initial task of identifying and recommending potential
alternatives for the replacement of the functionality that is provided by a Javelin video matrix switch.  This task was triggered by an end-of-life announcement from the switch manufacturer.  While this announcement underscored the need to address the issue in a timely manner, the planned 100-200% increase in the number of required video input and output ports resulted in the more urgent need to upgrade this design.

UDOT

TransCore

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