Efficient Utilization of The Existing ITS System and The Viability of A Proactive Traffic Management System for The Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority System

There are a wide range of vehicle detection devices in use than ever before on freeways and expressways, starting from the popular inductive loops and magnetometers to videos and radar-based detectors. The Central Florida Expressway System utilizes Automatic Vehicle Identification (AVI) system for Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) as well as for the provision of real-time information to motorists within the ATIS. Data are gathered using AVI tag readers that are installed for the purpose of toll collection and additional tag readers installed solely for the purpose of estimating travel times. The advent of the new ETC systems changed the way toll roads are designed and operated. ETC systems have the ability to easily support other value-added services on the same technology platform. These services might include but not be limited to fleet management systems, emergency response services, congestion pricing pay-as-you-drive insurance services and navigation capabilities. The aspect of tolling (a distance-base, a flat-rate or a congestion-base) and the type of facility and access (freeway, expressway or conventional road) play an important role in the structure and the spacing of the tag readers. The main objective of this research is to investigate the viability of using the AVI traffic data in the identification of freeway real-time "hot-spots" in a proactive traffic management framework. Guidelines will be provided to adapt the existing structure of the AVI system (e.g. locations, spacing, and archiving system) to provide more useful data.

• Record URL:
  http://www.nctspm.gatech.edu/pi/efficient-utilization-existing-its-system-and-viability-proactive-traffic-management-system

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $110000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  DTRT12GUTC12

  A0-UTC-064

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Orlando Orange County Expressway Authority

  4974 ORL Tower Road
  Orlando, FL  United States  32807

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Performing Organizations:

  University of Central Florida, Orlando

  P.O. Box 25000
  Orlando, FL  United States  32816
• Principal Investigators:

  Abdel-Aty, Mohamed

• Start Date: 20120101
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20141031
• Source Data: RiP Project 33707

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated toll collection; Automatic vehicle location; Intelligent transportation systems; Loop detectors; Real time information; Traffic data; Vehicle detectors
• Identifier Terms: Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01640923
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Center for Transportation Systems Productivity and Management
• Contract Numbers: DTRT12GUTC12, A0-UTC-064
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Jul 13 2017 1:01AM