Tag: transportation system

Data Integration, Sharing, and Management for Transportation Planning and Traffic Operations

  • August 1st, 2025

Planning and operating transportation systems involves the exchange of large volumes of data that must be shared between partnering transportation agencies, private-sector interests, travelers, and intelligent devices such as traffic signals, ramp meters, and connected vehicles. NCHRP Research Report 1121: Data Integration, Sharing, and Management for Transportation Planning and Traffic Operations, from TRB’s National Cooperative […]

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Developing and Using a Concept of Operations for Traffic Management Systems

  • July 19th, 2024

Traffic management systems (TMSs) and Transportation Management Centers are critical resources that offer agencies the potential to improve the safety and mobility of travel on the surface transportation system. TMSs also assist agencies fulfilling the ever-increasing transportation needs of travelers (e.g., travel times), service providers (e.g., transit, emergency services), other agencies, and the public (e.g., […]

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How Pavement and Bridge Conditions Affect Transportation System Performance

  • March 8th, 2024

This document takes an expansive view and considers how pavement and bridge conditions can contribute to system performance areas, such as highway safety, freight mobility, or reliability. The document also considers other impacts, such as how attributes such as pavement shoulders, pavement friction, or bridge conditions contribute to highway safety, freight movement, noise reduction, and […]

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