TRANSLINK

TransLink is an outgrowth of the various programs at the Texas Transportation Institute, including the FHWA ITS Research Center of Excellence. TransLink focuses on linking the various elements of the transportation system together to form a single, integrated, cooperative transportation management system. TransLink takes a systems approach to surface transportation management. TransLink includes a computer traffic laboratory to support office-based research, and a Roadside Equipment laboratory which uses field hardware. TransLink projects have included: (1) Roadside Equipment Laboratory Houston Emergency Services Workshop; (2) Using PDAs for Traffic Surveillance Data Collection; (3) Wireless ITS and Wireless Application Protocols; (4) Using Personal Digital Assistants for TSP Data Collection; (5) Train Detection and modifying pedestrian and traffic signals, applications now being used in College Station and Houston; and (6) Hardware-in-the-Loop for using simulation models with traffic control equipment, applications in use in many areas.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $8599908.00
• Contract Numbers:

  ORP-18

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

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

  Gibson, David

• Performing Organizations:

  Texas A&M University, College Station

  318 Jack K. Williams Administration Building
  College Station, TX  United States  77843
• Start Date: 19981001
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20040131
• Source Data: RiP Project 10938

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cooperation; Emergencies; Equipment; Integrated systems; Intelligent transportation systems; Laboratory tests; Management; Research projects; Roadside; Traffic surveillance; Transportation planning; Wireless communication systems
• Geographic Terms: Houston (Texas)
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01458599
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Contract Numbers: ORP-18
• Files: RiP, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 12:46PM