Intelligent Highway Management System for the City of Wichita

The researchers at Wichita State University collaborated with the Kansas Department of Transportation’s Traffic Management Center in Wichita, Kansas, to develop an Intelligent Highway Management System (IHMS). The functions of the IHMS were to conveniently extract specific incident-relevant record data from high-dimensional, high-volume time series datasets; autonomously analyze online traffic-related data (e.g., volume and speed) for incident diagnosis/identification; and create autonomous optimization that facilitates traffic control decision making to reduce average incident clearance and traffic recovery time. The IHMS integrates multiple technologies to improve traffic flow and safety. It also streamlines vehicular operations by managing congested traffic, which has become a major problem, as it leads to issues in safety, productivity, and environmental performance. In this study, the researchers developed a transportation system simulation methodology that could be used to reduce traffic congestion, as well as restore traffic to its normal conditions, by allowing vehicles to reroute and avoid congested roads, in turn dipping the speed profile for a faster and quicker recovery. The created simulation system was customized for the City of Wichita and implemented in Simulation of Urban Mobility (SUMO). Simulation results indicate that this approach reduces traffic congestion, provides for quicker incident recovery, and is a solution to ongoing safety, productivity, and environmental performance issues.

• Record URL:
  http://www.intrans.iastate.edu/mtc/index.cfm/research/project/project/1728280480
• Record URL:
  http://intrans.iastate.edu/research/projects/detail/?projectID=1728280480
• Record URL:
  http://www.intrans.iastate.edu/research/documents/research-reports/intelligent_hwy_mgmt_system_for_Wichita_w_cvr.pdf
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Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $40000
• Contract Numbers:

  DTRT13-G-UTC37

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Kansas Department of Transportation

  Eisenhower State Office Building
  700 SW Harrison Street
  Topeka, KS  United States  66603-3754

  Midwest Transportation Center

  Iowa State University
  2711 S Loop Drive, Suite 4700
  Ames, IA  United States  50010-8664

  Wichita State University

  1845 Fairmount
  Wichita, KS  United States  67260
• Performing Organizations:

  Wichita State University

  1845 Fairmount
  Wichita, KS  United States  67260
• Principal Investigators:

  Wang, Pingfeng

• Start Date: 20151001
• Expected Completion Date: 20170930
• Actual Completion Date: 20180629

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Incident management; Intelligent transportation systems; Monitoring; Real time information; Traffic control; Traffic data
• Identifier Terms: Highways (Accident management software)
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01579700
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Midwest Transportation Center
• Contract Numbers: DTRT13-G-UTC37
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Oct 27 2015 11:08AM