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Slides Part 03-Advanced Traffic Management Services (ATMS)

The document outlines the MSc in Traffic Safety Management program, emphasizing the need for modernized traffic management systems due to increasing congestion and environmental concerns. It discusses various traffic management services, advanced traffic management systems (ATMS), and the importance of both technology and institutional support for effective implementation. Additionally, it highlights the significance of traveler information services in enhancing road safety and efficiency.

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Slides Part 03-Advanced Traffic Management Services (ATMS)

The document outlines the MSc in Traffic Safety Management program, emphasizing the need for modernized traffic management systems due to increasing congestion and environmental concerns. It discusses various traffic management services, advanced traffic management systems (ATMS), and the importance of both technology and institutional support for effective implementation. Additionally, it highlights the significance of traveler information services in enhancing road safety and efficiency.

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MSc in Traffic Safety

Management
(MTSM)
MQA/PA15955

School of Transportation and Logistics

Modernization, Development and Capacity Building of Master Curriculum in Traffic Safety in Asian
Universities (ASIASAFE)
Traffic Management Services
Overview of transportation status

 Increasing traffic congestion coupled with improved technology,


funding constraints, and increasing environmental consciousness has
provided an incentive to develop cost effective systems aimed at
improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the transportation
system.
Overview of transportation status

 In 1997 in the U.S., automobiles travelled 1.4 trillion vehicle miles (2.3
trillion vehicle kilometres) and households spent an average of 19
present of their income on transportation—less than housing but more
than food (Northeast-Midwest Institute, 2002).

• Drivers in the 68 largest urban areas in the U.S. experienced an


increase in traffic delays due to congestion from 11 hours per
year in 1982, to 36 hours per year in 1999.

• The estimated cost of traffic congestion in these 68 areas


totalled
$78 billion, representing a cost of 4.5 million extra hours
of travel and 6.8 billion gallons (25.7 billion litters) of wasted
fuel.

(Schrank and Lomax, 2002)


Overview of transportation status

 The average rush-hour trip takes 32 present more times than the same
trip taken during non-rush-hour conditions. Congested travel periods
(rush-hours) in the America’s major cities have doubled in less than 20
years, increasing from nearly three hours (morning and evening
combined) in 1982, to almost six hours in 1999.

• Congestion is now found


during almost half of the
daylight hours on
workdays.

(Schrank and Lomax, 2002)


Traffic Management Services

Traffic Control
 Traffic Network Flow Monitoring
 Surface Street Control
 Highway Control
 Regional Traffic Control
 Traffic Information Dissemination
 Virtual TMC
 Probe-Based Flow Monitoring
 Traffic Estimation and Prediction
Traffic Management Services

Incident Management
 Incident Management Co-ordination
 Incident Prediction System Protection
Travel Demand Management
 High-occupancy vehicle (HOV) Lane
Management
 Reversible Lane Management
 Predictive Demand Management
Traffic Management Services

Environmental Conditions & Management


 Roadway Environmental Sensing
 Emissions Management
 Road Weather Information System
 Vehicle-Based Sensing
Advanced Traffic Management Systems (ATMS)

The advanced traffic management system at the Hampton Roads, This Center
manages more than 800 lane miles of roadway.
Advanced Traffic Management Systems (ATMS)

 ATMS field is a primary subfield within the ITS domain. The ATMS
view is a top-down management perspective that integrates technology
primarily to improve the flow of vehicle traffic and improve safety.
Advanced Traffic Management Systems (ATMS)

Real-time traffic data from cameras, speed sensors, etc. flows into a
Transportation Management Center (TMC) where it is integrated and
processed (e.g. for incident detection), and may result in actions taken (e.g.
traffic routing, DMS messages) with the goal of improving traffic flow.
Advanced Traffic Management Systems (ATMS)/ Services

The tools in ATMS are functionally grouped as


follows:

o Traffic control systems


o Traffic enforcement systems
o Incident management systems
o Demand management systems
o Parking management systems
o Information management systems
ATMS Functional
Areas
• Real-time traffic monitoring
• Dynamic message sign monitoring and control
• Incident monitoring
• Traffic camera monitoring and control
• Active Traffic Management (ATM)
• Chain control
• Ramp meter monitoring and control
• Arterial management
• Traffic signal monitoring and control
• Automated warning systems
• Road Weather Information System (RWIS) monitoring
• Highway advisory radio
• Urban Traffic Management and Control
Components of an ATMS

Two principle components form a typical system, namely the technology


layer and the institutional layer.

o Information is collected, processed and disseminated within the


ATMS. This information could be commands to roadside traffic
controllers from a central computer to change the green times based
on optimal traffic flow, or it could be the dissemination of existing
traffic conditions via a radio broadcast.

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ATMS / The Technology

The technology components include:

o Road side devices such as CCTV cameras, linked traffic controllers,


variable message signs, used to control, monitor and manage traffic.

o Telecommunications networks including fibre-optic, copper lines


and wireless media, used to link the road-side devices to a central
operations centre.

o Traffic management computers in a central operations centre, which


analyse, process, record and disseminate traffic management
information as well as control roadside devices.
ATMS / Institutional

The institutional components include:

o People to operate the systems and to provide a public interface to


the system, and co-ordinate traffic management and systems related
activities.

o Operational procedures, and standards which include maintenance


processes, incident management protocols and responses.

o Traffic engineering inputs to the system, including planning,


analysis and design of individual traffic management components
and the coordination with the overarching transport planning
processes.
ATMS / Human resources

International and national experience has shown that traffic management


systems generally fail to meet expectations when the institutional aspects
are not successfully developed.

 Many cities have invested in a number of advanced traffic


management systems which can be deemed to have failed to
deliver the expected benefits due to the failure, not of the
technology elements, but because of the failure of the institutional
element.

 The key lesson is that investments in ATMS must be carefully


planned and that both capital and as well as on-going operational
funds should be considered, and that institutional support must be
provided on an on-going basis to manage and operate ATMS.

Without this, these systems should not be implemented.


Why invest in
ATMS?
 Transport plays a significant role in the social and economic
development. The effectiveness of the role played by transport is
to a large extent dictated by the soundness of transport policy and
the strategies utilized in implementing the policy.
 Wireless Technology
 ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line)
 Optical Fiber
How to Transfer Traffic data to the Centre?

Wireless communication is the transfer of information over a distance


without the use of electrical conductors or wires.
o The most common wireless technologies use electromagnetic wireless
telecommunications, such as radio. Other examples of applications of
radio wireless technology include GPS units, garage door openers,
wireless computer mice, keyboards and headsets, headphones, radio
receivers, satellite television, broadcast television.

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How to Transfer Traffic data to the Centre?

ADSL commonly simplified as DSL, Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line


(ADSL) is technology for high-speed Internet access.

It uses existing copper telephone lines to send and receive data at speeds
that far exceed conventional dial-up modems, while still allowing users to
talk on the phone.

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How to Transfer Traffic data to the Centre?
 Fiber-optic lines are strands of optically pure glass as thin as a human
hair that carry digital information over long distances.
The Advantages of Fiber-Optic

 Bandwidth
The advanced fiber-optic systems transmit several gigabytes per second over
hundreds of kilometers. Thousands of voice channels can now be multiplexed
together and sent over a single fiber strand.
 Noise Immunity and Safety
Because fiber is constructed of dielectric materials it is not affected by
electromagnetic interference or electrostatic interference.
 Less Weight and Volume
Fiber optic cables are substantially lighter in weight and occupy much less
volume than copper cables with the same information capacity.
The Advantages of Fiber-Optic

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Traveler Information Services

Nowadays, Travel Information Services has become a vast


industry. ITS applications can provide a complete ‘travel
service’, from trip planning and route guidance to the booking
of tickets. Links with tourist services can offer additional
services, such as hotel bookings through a single source (e.g.
Website).
Traveler Information Services

As for as transportation system is considered, the various user


needs that are to be provided for the safety of the road users
are:
 Roadway Weather Information systems
 En-Route Services Information
 Emergency Assistance
 Data Sharing
 Public Fleet Management
 Security
 Collision Avoidance
 Advisory System
 Roadway Geometrics
 Traffic Control

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