Syllabus For The Subject Transportation System Planning

TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PLANNING

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

 1 Introduction

What is ITS?

ITS today and tomorrow

ITS training and education needs

Scope of the book

Organization of the book

Review questions

Reference

 

2 Fundamentals of traffic flow and control

Traffic flow elements

Flow-density relationships

Fundamental  diagram of traffic flow

Traffic flow models

Greenshields model

Alternative traffic flow models

Shock waves in traffic streams

Shock wave velocity

Shock wave analysis example

Traffic signalization and control principles

Traffic signalization principles

Acturated  signal control

Signal coordination

Ramp metering

Types of ramp control

Ramp metering operational concept

Traffic simulation

Traffic simulation models

Examples of traffic simulation models

Basic guidelines for applying simulation models

Conclusions

Review questions

References

 

3 ITS user services

ITS user services

ITS user services bundles

Travel and traffic management

Pretrip travel information

En route driver information

Traffic control

Incident management

Travel demand management

Emissions testing and mitigation

Highway-rail intersection

Public transportation operations

Public transportation management

En rout transit information

Personalized public transit

Public travel security

Electronic payment

Commercial vehicles operations

Commercial vehicle electronic clearance

Automated roadside safety inspection

Onboard safety monitoring

Commercial vebicle administrative processes

Hazardous materials incident response

Freight mobility

Emergency management

Emergency notification and personal security

Emergency vehicle management

Advanced vehicle control and safety systems

Longitudinal collision avoidance

Lateral collision avoidance 

Intersection collision avoidance

Vision enhancement for collision avoidance

Safety readiness

Precrabsh restraint deployment

Automated highway system

Information management

Maintenance and construction management

Conclusions

Review questions

References

 

4 ITS applications and their benefits

Freeway and incident management systems

FIMS objectives

FIMS functions

Traffic surveillance and incident detection

Ramp control

Incident management

Information dissemination

Real-world freeway and incident management systems

And their traffic

Advanced arterial traffic control systems

Historical development of computer traffic control

Systems

Adaptive traffic control algorithms

Real-world adaptive traffic control systems and their benefits

Advanced public transportation systems

AVL systems

Transit operations software

Transit information systems

Electronic fare payment systems

Multimodal traveler information systems

Conclusions

Review questions

References

 

5 ITS architecture

Regional and project ITS architecture

Why do we need an ITS architecture ?

Concept of operations

National ITS architecture

User services and user service requirements

Logical architecture

Physical architecture

Equipment packages

Market packages

Proposed procedure for developing a regional ITS

architecture 

Architecture development tool

Conclusions

Review questions

References

 

6 ITS planning

Transportation planning and ITS

Planning and the national ITS architecture

Planning for ITS

Market package-based ITS planning process

Traceability-based ITS planning process

Case study: northern Virginia ITS planning exercise

Using the traceability-based approach

Integrating ITS into 6transportation planning

Conclusions

Review questions

References

References

7 ITS standards

Introduction

Standard development process

National ITS architecture and standards

ITS standards application areas

Centerto-center (C2C) applications

Center-to-vebicle

Roadside-to-vebicle

Roadside-to-roadside

NTCIP

Standards testing

Conclusions

References

 

 8 ITS evaluation

Introduction

Project selection at the planning level

Benefit-cost analysis

Relative rating and ranking

Deployment tracking

Impact assessment

Benefits by ITS components

Benefit estimation categories

Evaluation guidelines

Evaluation guidelines

Evaluation support tools

ITS deployment analysis system

Traffic simulation models

Challengers for ITS evaluation

Conclusions

Review questions

References

 

9 ITS challengers and opportunities

Mainstreaming ITS

System upgrade

System integration

Training needs

Funding

Privacy

Rulemaking and compliance

Resources sharing

ITS and national security

Conclusions

Review questions

References

About the authors

Index

 

 

 

 

 

 

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