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Michigan DOT Signal Optimization Guidelines 5th Edition

The purpose of the Michigan Signal Optimization Guidelines is to provide guidelines and recommendations for conducting signal optimization projec ts in the state of Michigan in a complete and consistent manner. This document is intended to guide the process, and not to be a restrictive document.

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Signal Timing Process Final Report

The purpose of this report is to identify the steps that are required to time traffic signals, and to identify areas that will result in improved traffic signal timing.  These steps define a continuing process that may be manual, semi-automated, or fully automated.  In the abstract, the

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Signal Timing on a Shoestring

The conventional approach to signal timing op timization and field deployment requires current traffic flow data, experience with optimization models, familiarity with the signal controller hardware, and knowledge of field operations including signal timing fine-tuning. Developing new signal timi

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Developing Traffic Signal Control Systems Using the National ITS Architecture

This is one of a series of documents providing support for deploying Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). This series addresses Traffic Signal Control Systems, Freeway and Incident Management Systems , Transit Management Systems, and Traveler Information Systems. The National ITS Architectur

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Evaluation and Installation Guidelines for Utah Advance Warning Signal Systems

Advance warning signals (AWS) provide information warning drivers in advance of the end-of-green interval for an approaching signali zed intersection. The purpose of this research was to develop guidelines for the placement of AWS in Utah, both c onditions to evaluate the need for AWS installatio

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Evaluation of Advance Warning Signal System

A driver approaching a signalized intersection where the light has turned yellow must make a decision whether to stop or proceed. A signal that is proper ly designed will provide an opportunity for a safe and legal maneuver. As approach speeds increase, how ever, it becomes more difficult to exec

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Evaluation of Advance Warning Signal System: Final Report

Advance warning signals installed upstream of a high-speed signalized intersection (HSSI) warn motorists of impending signal changes in an effort to reduce the frequency of red-light running (RLR) and crashes. A new advance warning signal design was tested on an approach to a HSSI in Salt Lake Co

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Guide to Effective Freeway Performance Measurement: Final Report and Guidebook

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Web-Only Document 97: Guide to Effective Freeway Performance Measurement: Final Report and Guidebook examines the effective use of freeway performance measures in operating a freeway system and in meeting the information nee

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Freeway Operations; Regional Systems Management and Operations; Managed Lanes 2010

TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2178 contains 19 papers that explore freeway incidents and secondary crashes; a heuristic ramp-metering coordination strategy; estimating freeway traffic density with loop detector and probe vehicle data; casc

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Freeway Operations; Regional Systems and Management; Managed Lanes: 2011

TRB’s Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2229 includes 12 papers that explore reliability benefits of ramp metering; quantification of nonrecurrent congestion delay caused by freeway accidents and analysis of causal factors; spatiotemporal patterns o

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Real-Time Traveler Information Systems

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 399: Real-Time Traveler Information Systems explores the needs and expectations of travelers, the current status of a variety of traveler information systems in the United States, available and emerging data sources, and busine

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Recent Roadway Geometric Design Research for Improved Safety and Operations

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 432: Recent Roadway Geometric Design Research for Improved Safety and Operations reviews and summarizes roadway geometric design literature completed and published from 2001 through early 2011, particularly research that i

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Recent Geometric Design Research for Improved Safety and Operations

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 502: Geometric Design Consistency on High-Speed Rural Two-Lane Roadways presents rules on geometric design consistency suitable for use in an expert system such as the Interactive Highway Safety Design Model (IHSDM). The rules can

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A Guide to Public Transportation Security Resources

TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Research Results Digest 59: A Guide to Public Transportation Security Resources provides a listing of available (or soon-to-be-available) security resources, which can be obtained from public transportation systems, organizations, associations, in

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Deterrence, Protection, and Preparation: The New Transportation Security Imperative

TRB Special Report 270: Deterrence, Protection, and Preparation: The New Transportation Security Imperative examines the role of science and technology in countering terrorism.  It presents advice on a strategic approach to transportation security that recognizes th

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Transportation Security; Emergency Response and Recovery

TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2022 includes 11 papers that explore emergency resource allocation for critical transportation infrastructure protection, intelligent transportation system networks survivability, information shar

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