Benefit
Evaluation indicated that integrating DMS and incident management systems could reduce crashes by 2.8 percent, and that integrating DMS and arterial traffic control systems could decrease crashes by 2 percent, in San Antonio, Texas.
May 2000
San Antonio,Texas,United States
Summary Information
The evaluation report detailed benefits information regarding the implementation of an incident management program with dynamic message signs (DMS) along a freeway corridor and traffic signal timing control operations along a parallel arterial. Through a modeling effort, the study investigated the impacts of each implementation individually, and also evaluated the combined impact of integrating the DMS with incident management and then integrating both the DMS and incident management with traffic signal timing plan alterations along an alternative arterial route.
Results indicate that the most effective stand-alone implementation is incident management, recording improvements in all impact measures assessed. DMS and arterial traffic signal control can provide additional improvement under many of these areas. For the particular corridor modeled during this study, optimum implementation of the integrated DMS and incident management result in a 2.8 percent decrease in crashes. Integrated use of incident management, DMS and arterial traffic control can achieve a 2.0 percent decrease in crashes.
Application Areas
Intelligent Transportation Systems > Traffic Incident Management > Mobilization & Response
Intelligent Transportation Systems > Freeway Management > Information Dissemination > Dynamic Message Signs
Intelligent Transportation Systems > Traffic Incident Management > Surveillance & Detection
Intelligent Transportation Systems > Arterial Management > Traffic Control > Advanced Signal Systems
Intelligent Transportation Systems > Traffic Incident Management > Information Dissemination > Dynamic Message Signs
Goal Areas
Related Metropolitan Integration Links
Link 10: Freeway Management to Traveler Information
Link 11: Freeway Management to Arterial Management
Link 13: Freeway Management to Incident Management
Link 14a: Transit Management to Traveler Information
Link 5: Incident Management to Arterial Management
Link 6: Incident Management to Traveler Information
Link 8: Incident Management to Freeway Management
Typical Deployment Locations
Metropolitan Areas
Keywords
DMS, CMS, VMS, Changeable Message Signs, Variable Message Signs, coordinated signals, signal coordination, centralized signal control, signal synchronization, traffic signals, advanced signal control, signal timing optimization, coordinated signal control, advanced signal controller, traffic signal retiming, retiming
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