Managing the Life Cycle of Software for Evolving Traffic Management Systems

As agencies progress toward the next generation of their traffic management systems (TMSs), new software that adds functions has to be implemented within TMSs. A TMS software could be modular or stand-alone but has to be integrated within a software subsystem of TMSs. These software subsystems could use proprietary, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS), open-source, or customized software or a combination of these types produced by agency staff and external developers. Agencies will benefit from an understanding of options and best practices for designing, procuring, and managing software subsystems to address the current and evolving needs of traffic management and its TMS. For this project, a software subsystem includes software programs that support the functions and services of the TMS and may share some software products with the entire TMS and specific software programs installed for other subsystems or decision support tools. Assorted software programs and application programming interfaces (APIs) may be integrated into this overall software subsystem to carry out its management and operating requirements. A software subsystem can include multiple different software programs (e.g., COTS, proprietary). Currently, limited resources exist to support identifying requirements and evaluating design options and different technologies (e.g., cloud, server, hybrid cloud, and server) or solutions (e.g., distributed, centrally managed) when contemplating or pursuing the integration or incorporation of new or evolving TMS software subsystems, programs, or applications and managing them. Research is needed to provide insights into and understanding of options and best practices for developing and managing requirements as well as planning, designing, procuring, evaluating, and maintaining TMS software subsystems, programs, and APIs. The objective of this project is to develop a technical guide to manage the entire life cycle of software subsystems within a TMS for state departments of transportation (DOTs) and other agencies.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract to a Performing Organization has not yet been awarded.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Proposed
• Funding: $350,000
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 03-152

• Sponsor Organizations:

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Deng, Zuxuan

• Start Date: 20250501
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Application programming interfaces; Evaluation and assessment; Life cycle analysis; Software; Traffic control
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01919137
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 03-152
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: May 20 2024 7:54PM