Benefits and Costs of Full Operations and ITS Deployment: A 2003 Simulation for Seattle

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Mon, 12/31/2007 - 19:00

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The Federal Highway Administration initiated a study to explore the benefits and costs of fully deploying operational strategies and integrating ITS in the large metropolitan area of Seattle. The strategies included in Seattle's Full Operations and ITS Deployment Scenario were identified by consulting with local agencies to identify the overall ITS program planned through the next 25 years. The benefits are contingent on complete deployment of the full operations and ITS deployment scenario. The selected strategies are listed in the following table.

Category	Strategy
Arterial Traffic Management Systems	Central Control Signal Coordination
Emergency Vehicle Signal Preemption
Transit Vehicle Signal Priority
Freeway Management Systems	Central Control Ramping Metering
Transit Management	Fixed-Route Automated Scheduling and Automatic Vehicle Location
Fixed-Route Security Systems
Electronic Transit Fare Payment
Incident Management Systems	Incident Detection, Verification, Response, and Management
Emergency Management Systems	Emergency Vehicle Control Service
Telemedicine
Emergency Vehicle AVL
Traveler Information	Phone- and Web-Based Traveler Information System
Kiosk-Based Traveler Information
Highway Advisory Radio
Dynamic Message Signs
Crash Prevention and Safety	Railroad Crossing Monitoring Systems
Commercial Vehicle Operations	Weigh-in-Motion and Safety Information Exchange
Combination Screening and Clearance
Supporting Deployment	Traffic Management Center
Transit Management Center
Emergency Management
Information Service Provider Center
Closed Circuit TV and Loop Detectors