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Intelligent Transportation Systems

Functional Design for Effective Traffic Management

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Authors:
  1. Robert Gordon

    1. Intelligent Transportation Systems, Dunn Engineering Associates, Plainview, USA

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  • Provides Intelligent transportation system (ITS) planners and managers with practical tools and methodologies supporting economical and efficient design

  • Includes new chapters on the most cutting-edge advances in Active Transportation and Demand Management (ATDM) and Connected Vehicles

  • Examples and cost-benefit analyses drawn from actual active traffic management projects clearly illustrate concepts

  • Features methodologies and algorithms for automated evaluation using traffic management center data

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction

    • Robert Gordon
    Pages 1-6

  3. Cost Effective Design Processes

    • Robert Gordon
    Pages 7-18

  4. Functional ITS Design Issues

    • Robert Gordon
    Pages 19-39

  5. Non-Recurrent Congestion: Improvement of Time to Clear Incidents

    • Robert Gordon
    Pages 41-90

  6. Non-recurrent Congestion: Incident Information to Motorists

    • Robert Gordon
    Pages 91-117

  7. Recurrent Congestion: Information to Motorists

    • Robert Gordon
    Pages 119-123

  8. Ramp Metering

    • Robert Gordon
    Pages 125-155

  9. Transportation Management Centers

    • Robert Gordon
    Pages 157-176

  10. Evaluation of System Design and Operation

    • Robert Gordon
    Pages 177-191

  11. Active Traffic Management (ATM)

    • Robert Gordon
    Pages 193-205

  12. Corridor Management

    • Robert Gordon
    Pages 207-219

  13. Website Support

    • Robert Gordon
    Pages 221-223

  14. ITS and the Connected Vehicle

    • Robert Gordon
    Pages 225-235

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 237-282
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About this book

Intelligent Transportation Systems: Functional Design for Economical and Efficient Traffic Management provides practical guidance on the efficient use of resources in the design of ITS. The author explains how functional design alternatives can meet project objectives and requirements with optimal cost effectiveness and clarifies how transportation planning and traffic diversion principles relate to functional ITS device selections and equipment locations. Methodologies for translating objectives to functional device types, determining device deployment densities and determining the best placement of CCTV cameras and message signs are provided, as are models for evaluating the benefits of design alternatives based on traffic conditions. Readers will learn how to reduce recurrent congestion, improve incident clearance time in non-recurrent congestion, provide real-time incident information to motorists, and leverage transportation management center data for lane control through important new active transportation and demand management (ATDM) methods. Finally, the author examines exciting developments in connected vehicle technologies, exploring their potential to greatly improve safety, mobility and energy efficiency. This resource will greatly benefit all ITS designers and managers and is of pivotal importance for operating agencies performing evaluations to justify operational funding and system expansions.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Intelligent Transportation Systems, Dunn Engineering Associates, Plainview, USA

    Robert Gordon

About the author

Robert L. Gordon, P.E., has over forty years' experience in the research, design, development and management of Intelligent Transportation Systems. He is the creator of software and tool sets that assist in ITS design, assessment and management, including ALMA for automated vehicles, PlanSked for signal scheduling and Design ITS for intelligent freeway design.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Intelligent Transportation Systems

  • Book Subtitle: Functional Design for Effective Traffic Management

  • Authors: Robert Gordon

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14768-0

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-14767-3Published: 11 November 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-33100-3Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-14768-0Published: 02 November 2015

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 282

  • Topics: Transportation, Automotive Engineering, Civil Engineering, Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet)

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