Optimizing the System: Saving Time, Saving Lives

Overview

Optimizing the System is a basic informational report discussing how TSM&O strategies can reduce the impacts of non-recurring congestion and “optimize the system.” Topics discussed include traffic incident management, work zone management, road weather management, strategies employed in rural areas, signalized intersection optimization and inter-jurisdictional coordination, freeway operation strategies, traveler information services, ITS tools for commercial vehicles, and vehicle technologies and infrastructure.

Source Organization Location

Washington
,
DC

Operations Area of Practice

    Corridor and Arterial Traffic Management
    Freeway Management
    Connected Vehicles
    Real Time Traveler Information
    Work Zone Management
    Traffic Incident Management
    Emergency Transportation Operations
    Freight Management
    Freight Technology and Operations

Organizational Capability Element

    Freeway Operations
    Freight Management Operations
    Traveler Information
    Traffic Incident Management
    Work Zone Management
    Vehicle Systems/Connected Vehicles
    Road Weather Management
    Arterial Traffic Control Device Operations

Content Type

Informational Product

Role in Organization

Transportation Planner
Public
Manager / First Line Supervisor
CEO / GM / Commissioner
Public Safety Officer
Transit Professional
Media / PIO

Publishing Organization

AASHTO

Document Downloads

Project Website

TOM Chapters
20.3
20.4
19.2
29.5
20.1
20.2
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Issue Date
Publication Number
OST-1