Transportation management center functions. A synthesis of highway practice

Technical Report · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1998

OSTI ID:5955940

Kraft, W H

Transportation management centers (TMCs), or traffic management centers, have become a vital part of the transportation fabric in many urban areas. This synthesis presents information on the current operational and technical practices used by highway, transit, and multimodal TMCs in several urbanized areas. It also provides information to developers and suppliers of hardware and software for traffic control technology and communications systems. This report of the Transportation Research Board describes the various types of TMCs, their functions, and details of design, operations, and staffing. It describes the practice of agencies in the United States and Canada, based on survey responses from 147 TMCs. These agencies are responsible for highways, surface streets, bridges and tunnels, transit, including bus and rail, and several integrated TMCs that include more than one mode. Design criteria describe in detail the physical facility design of TMCs, as well as the software configurations and the interrelationships among TMCs of various types. The required staffing and the personnel roles are highlighted. To the extent that data are available, ranges of costs and benefits for TMCs are included in this report.

• Research Organization: Transportation Research Board, National Cooperative Highway Research Program, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5955940
• Report Number(s): PB-99-143539/XAB; TRB/NCHRP/SYN--270
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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