Intelligent vehicle highway systems strategic deployment plan for Metropolitan Boston. Executive summary. Final report

Technical Report · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:432650

This report summarizes a strategic plan developed by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation and Construction (EOTC) and the Massachusetts Highway Department (MHD) for implementing an Intelligent Vehicle-Highway System (IVHS) throughout metropolitan Boston during the next decade. The strategic deployment plan covers specific roadway and transit networks; and identifies the user services and functions to be provided, the overall system architecture, the supporting technologies and strategies, the operations and maintenance requirements, the implementation priorities, and the associated costs and benefits. This report is comprised of numerous exhibits, appendices, and the following thirteen chapters: (1) Introduction, (2) Existing Conditions, (3) IVHS Functions, (4) Regional Architecture, (5) Surveillance, (6) Incident Management, (7) Traveler Interface, (8) Demand Management, (9) Communications, (10) Central Hardware and Software, (11) Control Center, (12) Operations and Maintenance, and (13) System Implementation Costs.

• Research Organization: Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation and Construction, Boston, MA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 432650
• Report Number(s): PB-97-123798/XAB; TRN: 70211454
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Jan 1994
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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