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
Content Type
Informational Product
Issue Date
Tactical Element
Traveler Information
Traveler Information
Work Zone Traffic Management
Traffic Incident Management
Emergency Transportation Operations for Disasters
Traffic Incident Management
Work Zone Traffic Management
Road Weather Management
TOM Chapters
20.1
20.2
20.3
20.4
19.2
29.5
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Role in Organization
Transportation Planner
Public
Manager / First Line Supervisor
CEO / GM / Commissioner
Public Safety Officer
Transit Professional
Media / PIO
Publishing Organization
AASHTO
Project Website
Publication Number
OST-1