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Guidelines for the Use of Variable Speed Limit Systems in Wet Weather

  • 2012
  • Associate Engineer
  • Best Practice
  • Best Practice
  • Engineer
  • FHWA
  • Freeway Management
  • Freeway Operations
  • Principal Engineer
  • Project Design
  • Publications
  • Researcher/Academic
  • Road Weather Management
  • Road Weather Management
  • Road Weather Management
  • Road Weather Management
  • Roadway Geometric Design
  • Roadway Geometric Design
  • Senior Engineer
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This report provides guidelines for the design, installation, operation, maintenance, and enforcement of wet weather variable speed limit (VSL) systems. The use of VSL systems during inclement weather or other less than ideal conditions can improve safety by decreasing the risks associated with t

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Impacts of Technology Advancements on Transportation Management Center Operations

  • 2013
  • Active Management and TSMO
  • Active Traffic Management (ATM)
  • Active Traffic Management/Travel Demand Management/Pricing
  • Available Tools
  • Best Practice
  • Best Practice
  • Communicating Reliability Information
  • Connected Vehicles
  • Connected Vehicles
  • Connected Vehicles
  • Corridor and Arterial Traffic Management
  • Data Acquisition, Support and Hosting
  • Director / Program Manager
  • Engineer
  • FHWA
  • Freeway Management
  • How-To
  • ITS System architecture
  • Interagency Agreements / Cooperation / MOUs
  • Learning
  • Manager / First Line Supervisor
  • Media / PIO
  • Organizational Models
  • Outreach & Marketing
  • Outsourcing/PPP
  • Planning Analysis Tools
  • Planning Analysis Tools
  • Principal Engineer
  • Prioritization
  • Publications
  • Real Time Traveler Information
  • Regional Traffic Signal Operations & Program Management
  • Researcher/Academic
  • Senior Engineer
  • Senior Manager
  • Statewide and Regional Integration
  • System Architecture
  • System Architecture
  • System Architecture / Engineering
  • System Performance Definition, Monitoring and Reporting
  • Systems engineering
  • Travel Demand Management
  • Traveler Information
  • Traveler Information
  • Traveler Information
  • Vehicle Systems/Connected Vehicles
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Directed by the Traffic Management Center (TMC) Pooled Fund Study, this report provides guidance to TMCs and transportation management agencies on how to better position themselves operationally in anticipation of future technology changes and advancements. Eight top trends of TMC operations are ide
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Improving Traffic Signal Management and Operations: A Basic Service Model

  • 2005-2009
  • Arterial Traffic Control Device Operations
  • Asset Management
  • Associate Engineer
  • Available Tools
  • Best Practice
  • Best Practice
  • Business Processes/Policies and Procedures
  • Director / Program Manager
  • Engineer
  • FHWA
  • How-To
  • Learning
  • Manager / First Line Supervisor
  • Organizational Models
  • Principal Engineer
  • Program Status/Authorities
  • Publications
  • Regional Traffic Signal Operations & Program Management
  • Senior Engineer
  • Senior Manager
  • Statewide and Regional Integration
  • TSMO Asset Management
  • Technician
    • |PDF
This report provides a guide for achieving a basic service model for traffic signal management and operations. The basic service model is based on simply stated and defensible operational objectives that consider the staffing level, expertise and priorities of the responsible agency. The report in
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Case Studies & Lessons Learned

Improving Traffic Signal Operations: A Primer

  • 1995-1999
  • Advanced Traffic Signal Control
  • Arterial Traffic Control Device Operations
  • Associate Engineer
  • Available Tools
  • Case Studies & Lessons Learned
  • Case Study
  • Engineer
  • FHWA
  • How-To
  • ITE
  • Learning
  • Manager / First Line Supervisor
  • Publications
  • Regional Traffic Signal Operations & Program Management
  • Senior Engineer
  • Senior Manager
  • Statewide and Regional Integration
  • Technician
  • Traffic Signal Timing
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Traffic congestion is a major problem in cities of all sizes. This report describes how some relatively simple, low-cost adjustments to a traffic signal system can reduce traffic congestion and lead to big payoffs in time savings, environmental benefits, and safety. The report is organized in th
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Information Sharing Guidebook for Transportation Management Centers, Emergency Operations Centers, and Fusion Centers

  • 2010
  • Advanced Traffic Signal Control
  • Arterial Traffic Control Device Operations
  • Available Tools
  • Cyber security
  • Cybersecurity
  • Director / Program Manager
  • Emergency Transportation Operations
  • Emergency Transportation Operations
  • Emergency Transportation Operations for Disasters
  • Emergency Transportation Operations for Disasters
  • Engineer
  • FHWA
  • Freeway Management
  • Freeway Operations
  • How-To
  • Infrastructure Protection
  • Leadership
  • Leadership/Championship
  • Learning
  • Local government/MPO/RTPA cooperation
  • Manager / First Line Supervisor
  • Media / PIO
  • Operator
  • Organizational Models
  • Outsourcing/PPP
  • Planned Special Event Management
  • Planned Special Events Traffic Management
  • Principal Engineer
  • Public safety agency collaboration
  • Public-Private Partnerships (PPP)
  • Publications
  • Real Time Traveler Information
  • Regional Traffic Signal Operations & Program Management
  • Researcher/Academic
  • Road Weather Management
  • Road Weather Management
  • Road Weather Management
  • Road Weather Management
  • Senior Engineer
  • Senior Manager
  • Statewide and Regional Integration
  • Systems engineering
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Traffic Signal Timing
  • Transit Professional
  • Transportation Management Centers
  • Transportation Management Centers (TMC / TOC)
  • Traveler Information
  • Work Zone Management
  • Work Zone Management
  • Work Zone Traffic Management
  • Work Zone Traffic Management
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This guidebook provides an overview of the mission and functions of transportation management centers (TMCs), emergency operations centers (EOCs), and fusion centers (FCs). Functional areas for each of these centers include:

TMCs – management of traffic control systems and assets, incid
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