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Book Transportation Management Centers

Download or read book Transportation Management Centers written by Shawn C. Alsop and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Transportation Management Center Functions

Download or read book Transportation Management Center Functions written by Walter H. Kraft and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transportation management centers (TMCs), or traffic management centers, have become a vital part of the transportation fabric in many urban areas. This synthesis presents information on the current operational and technical practices used by highway, transit, and multimodal TMCs in several urbanized areas. It will be of interest to transportation system administrators, traffic engineers, maintenance engineers, and other officials in state departments of transportation, as well as those responsible for local transportation management and control. In addition, this synthesis will be useful to state and local law enforcement and emergency response personnel. It also provides information to developers and suppliers of hardware and software for traffic control technology and communications systems. This report of the Transportation Research Board describes the various types of TMCs, their functions, and details of design, operations, and staffing. It describes the practice of agencies in the United States and Canada, based on survey responses from 147 TMCs. These agencies are responsible for highways, surface streets, bridges and tunnels, transit, including bus and rail, and several integrated TMCs that include more than one mode. Design criteria describe in detail the physical facility design of TMCs, as well as the software configurations and the interrelationships among TMCs of various types. The required staffing and the personnel roles are highlighted. To the extent that data are available, ranges of costs and benefits for TMCs are included in the report.

Book Traffic Control Systems Handbook

Download or read book Traffic Control Systems Handbook written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook, which was developed in recognition of the need for the compilation and dissemination of information on advanced traffic control systems, presents the basic principles for the planning, design, and implementation of such systems for urban streets and freeways. The presentation concept and organization of this handbook is developed from the viewpoint of systems engineering. Traffic control studies are described, and traffic control and surveillance concepts are reviewed. Hardware components are outlined, and computer concepts, and communication concepts are stated. Local and central controllers are described, as well as display, television and driver information systems. Available systems technology and candidate system definition, evaluation and implementation are also covered. The management of traffic control systems is discussed.

Book Miami Dade County Transportation Management Center TMC Functionality Study

Download or read book Miami Dade County Transportation Management Center TMC Functionality Study written by University of South Florida. Center for Urban Transportation Research and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book California Transportation Management Centers

Download or read book California Transportation Management Centers written by Hong K. Lo and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Transportation Infrastructure

Download or read book Transportation Infrastructure written by Susan A. Fleming and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1999-05 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 required states to develop and implement 6 systems for managing highway pavement, bridges, highway safety, traffic congestion, public transportation facilities and equipment, and intermodal transportation facilities and systems. In 1995, the National Highway System Designation Act made the systems optional. This report identifies: the status of the states' development and implementation of the transportation management systems; how the states expect to use the systems; and the factors that have facilitated or hindered the development and implementation of the systems.

Book Human Factors Guidelines for Transportation Management Centers

Download or read book Human Factors Guidelines for Transportation Management Centers written by Emanuel Robinson and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transportation management centers (TMCs) have traditionally served as the real-time interface between motorists and transportation agencies. Their mission has broadened to encompass a variety of goals and management approaches. This document presents a set of human factors guidelines to be used by organizations interested in developing, evaluating, or modifying their TMCs. The guidelines herein provide human factors considerations based on empirical research, meta-analyses, usability testing, and standards to create the optimal work environment for TMC operators, managers, and supervisors in attempts to improve decisionmaking and mitigate human errors. The goal is to provide human factors guidelines that will bring together comprehensive, state-of-the-art information on human factors aspects in TMCs in a format that will be readily usable to a wide range of practitioners. This report is divided into several chapters, each focused on a particular type of human factors issue within the TMC. The first chapter begins with the TMC operator, describing an operator’s strengths, limitations, and biases when interfacing with technology. Next, chapter 2 describes how operators interact with automated systems, including issues of staying in the loop, trust in system automation, and monitoring. Chapter 3 provides an overview of TMC infrastructure, physical layout, organizational structure, workflow, and how the locations of TMC elements (onsite or offsite) affect performance. Next, chapter 4 describes the systems and tools used within a TMC. Finally, chapter 5 includes information about communications with the public, colleagues, and agencies and addresses content and delivery mechanisms for messages along with recommendations for facilitating communication across organizations.

Book Integration of Emergency and Weather Elements Into Transportation Management Centers

Download or read book Integration of Emergency and Weather Elements Into Transportation Management Centers written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Integration as applied to transportation management and operations is a concept that reflects how Transportation Management Center (TMC) operators, agencies internal to the TMC, external agencies and support systems interact to improve transportation operations, safety, security and customer satisfaction. Integration is a catalyst and a tool for enhancing operational performance and is one of a variety of strategies available to, and used by, TMCs. This study is part of an ongoing Federal Highway Administration research effort that seeks to document transportation operations across the country and identify strategies that can enhance the operational effectiveness of transportation management systems in general and TMCs in particular. The TMC Integration study documents how weather and emergency information and systems are being integrated into transportation operations now and the potential for applying practical, effective concepts and methods of integration in the future. The study investigated the needs and opportunities for TMC integration of emergency and weather information and systems, and further explored the concepts, methods and potential for integration to benefit operations. Thirty-eight TMCs across the country that demonstrated current best practices in integration were interviewed and ten of those selected for site visits. A concept of integration and measures of integration attainment were developed and described. The state of the practice was reviewed, and challenges to integration identified along with strategies for addressing those challenges. Benefits of integration were presented, best practices described, and recommendations offered for how weather and emergency integration in TMCs could be initiated or enhanced. The practice of weather and emergency integration in TMCs is in its infancy, but the examples of best practices in selected TMCs across the country offer examples of the long-term value of an integrated approach to transportation operations that other TMCs can emulate. It is hoped that the lessons learned in this study can help inspire and guide widespread efforts to achieve the benefits of integration in more TMCs in the future.

Book Role of Transportation Management Centers in Emergency Operationsguidebook

Download or read book Role of Transportation Management Centers in Emergency Operationsguidebook written by U.s. Department of Transportation and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-23 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Role of transportation management centers in emergency operations : guidebook /

Book Information Sharing Guidebook for Transportation Management Centers Emergency Operations Centers and Fusion Centers

Download or read book Information Sharing Guidebook for Transportation Management Centers Emergency Operations Centers and Fusion Centers written by U.s. Department of Transportation and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-25 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Information-sharing guidebook for transportation management centers, emergency operations centers, and fusion centers /

Book Intelligent Transportation Systems

Download or read book Intelligent Transportation Systems written by Robert Gordon and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-11-02 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intelligent Transportation Systems: Functional Design for Economical and Efficient Traffic Management provides practical guidance on the efficient use of resources in the design of ITS. The author explains how functional design alternatives can meet project objectives and requirements with optimal cost effectiveness and clarifies how transportation planning and traffic diversion principles relate to functional ITS device selections and equipment locations. Methodologies for translating objectives to functional device types, determining device deployment densities and determining the best placement of CCTV cameras and message signs are provided, as are models for evaluating the benefits of design alternatives based on traffic conditions. Readers will learn how to reduce recurrent congestion, improve incident clearance time in non-recurrent congestion, provide real-time incident information to motorists, and leverage transportation management center data for lane control through important new active transportation and demand management (ATDM) methods. Finally, the author examines exciting developments in connected vehicle technologies, exploring their potential to greatly improve safety, mobility and energy efficiency. This resource will greatly benefit all ITS designers and managers and is of pivotal importance for operating agencies performing evaluations to justify operational funding and system expansions.