Regional Traffic and Safety Information Dissemination - Phase II

The Nashville Metropolitan Organization (MPO) area is home to several local transportation agencies, many with their own intelligent transportation systems (ITS). The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) also has made significant investment in this area and throughout the state. Significant opportunities are available to maximize the overall effectiveness and efficiency of these separate systems, and each agency would benefit from coordinating their systems, using standardized means of disseminating information, and sharing and syndicating travel information where possible. Vanderbilt recently completed a project to assess the feasibility of integrating local agencies into the TDOT SmartWay Information System (TSIS) as well as how to assist local agencies with syndicating relevant traffic and safety information from SmartWay. Local transportation agencies are receptive to this regional approach to traffic and safety information dissemination. Vanderbilt will investigate mechanisms for interfacing one or more agencies with TSIS and will design and build a template for the agency to make use of TSIS RSS feeds. This pilot should lead to greater use of syndicated traffic information and increased communication between local agencies and TDOT. The project will also develop a working prototype for other local agencies to emulate. TDOT has a powerful real-time traffic and safety information system in TSIS, the coverage of the system is limited to what TDOT field employees can observe. By incorporating local transportation agencies into TSIS, TDOT will expand its coverage and receive more information from these agencies about activities and events within their respective jurisdictions. Project results will be implemented by the following: - Formal briefings with appropriate TDOT staff following completion of each major task - Preparation and presentation of a final report - Publication of a peer-reviewed article documenting the research approach and results of the pilot project

• Record URL:
  http://www.vanderbilt.edu/vector/?page_id=495

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $75640.00
• Contract Numbers:

  40100-34810

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Tennessee Department of Transportation

  James K. Polk Building
  Fifth and Deaderick Street
  Nashville, TN  United States  37243-0349
• Performing Organizations:

  Vanderbilt Center for Transportation Research (VECTOR)

  Box 1831, Station B
  Vanderbilt University
  Nashville, TN  United States  37235
• Principal Investigators:

  Dobbins, James

• Start Date: 20090915
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20110914
• Source Data: RiP Project 27986

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Information dissemination; Intelligent transportation systems; Metropolitan planning organizations; Real time information; Traffic safety; Traveler information and communication systems
• Identifier Terms: SmartWay (Program : Tennessee)
• Geographic Terms: Nashville (Tennessee)
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01463734
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Vanderbilt University
• Contract Numbers: 40100-34810
• Files: UTC, RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 2:29PM