Highway Advisory Radio Best Practices and Future Direction

Overview

Highway Advisory Radio (HAR) had been in use since the 1970s as a tool for government organizations to report public information via radio. HAR is most often used by departments of transportation, to report about road conditions, construction, and other traffic conditions.

The purpose of this project was to help better understand how to pursue HAR technologies and approaches in the future. Two goals were laid out: 1) to help members understand how HAR is being used by transportation agencies today, 2) to help members understand the potential value of HAR, 3) to help members understand the current and potential future state of HAR technology practices.

Operations Area of Practice

    Access Management
    Pricing / Toll Roads
    Corridor and Arterial Traffic Management
    Active Traffic Management (ATM)
    Active Parking Management
    Travel Demand Management
    Freeway Management
    HOV Lanes / HOT Lanes
    Integrated ITS Deployment
    Communications
    Detection Systems
    Real Time Traveler Information
    Systems engineering
    Employee Health and Safety
    Standards and Specifications
    Interagency Agreements / Cooperation / MOUs
    Communicating Reliability Information
    Strategic Planning
    Public-Private Partnerships (PPP)
    Customer Request Management
    Traffic Impact Assessment
    Data Acquisition, Support and Hosting
    System Performance Definition, Monitoring and Reporting
    Planning for Operations
    Work Zone Management
    Hazard Identification
    Road Weather Management
    Roadway Safety Services / Roadway Safety Patrol
    Traffic Incident Management
    Planned Special Events Traffic Management
    Emergency Transportation Operations
    Complete Streets / Context Sensitive Solutions

Organizational Capability Element

    Asset Management
    Performance Management
    Planning
    System Architecture / Engineering
    Integrated Corridor Management
    Freeway Operations
    Traveler Information
    Traffic Incident Management
    Work Zone Management
    Emergency Transportation Operations
    Planned Special Event Management
    Road Weather Management
    Arterial Traffic Control Device Operations
    Active Traffic Management/Travel Demand Management/Pricing

Content Type

Research

Role in Organization

Public
Researcher/Academic
Manager / First Line Supervisor
Director / Program Manager
Maintenance Staff
Operator
Senior Manager
Media / PIO

Publishing Organization

Other Research Organizations

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ENT-TPF-5 (231)