Overview
The purpose of this project and the resulting report was to identify, review, and synthesize information on current and potential future efforts in real-time travel time on arterials. There were four main objectives: a) identifying, reviewing, and synthesizing available and emerging technology (both nationally and internationally) for obtaining data necessary for calculating travel times on arterials; b) collecting and summarizing agencies' experiences with using such technology; c) providing guidance to agencies for making the best use of available and emerging technologies to meet future needs; and d) determining the feasibility of deploying such technologies.
The primary audience for this report is transportation agencies who are either interested in implementing an ATT data collection system, or considering making changes to an existing system. It is important to obtain, synthesize, and distribute information now so that objectively based recommendations can be provided to practitioners as they design and implement such systems.
It should be noted that the current report focuses on ATT data technology considerations and is not a primer for general travel time best practices.