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Integrate Road Weather Information Systems program and Transportation Management Centers to improve internal operations practices.

Make aggressive use of marketing to increase call volume and improve cost efficiency of 511 services deployment.

Higher call volume leads to greater system efficiency of 511 systems because O&M costs can be distributed over many callers. Despite this fact, marketing and evaluation was the smallest cost…
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07/19/2010

Consult with traffic engineers early in the process of no-notice evacuations to secure the use of traffic management resources and to identify routes for evacuation and re-entry.

In March 2005, railroad workers in a rail yard in South Salt Lake City, Utah discovered a tanker car from which a large quantity of toxic chemicals had spilled onto the ground. The risk that a…
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10/23/2008

Coordinate extensively with agency staff and vendors when integrating a Transportation Management Center with Computer Aided Dispatch Systems.

The integration of a Transportation Management Center (TMC) with Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) systems requires extensive involvement from a large number of people representing both the public and…
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12/17/2007

Clearly define information sharing procedures among agencies in an integrated Transportation Management Center-Computer Aided Dispatch system.

The integration of a Transportation Management Center (TMC) with a Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system requires numerous agencies to share large quantities of information. To avoid inefficiencies…
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12/17/2007

Extend the application of emergency integration best practices to further improve emergency operations.

Invest in research and development for emergency integration.

Integrate weather information into Transportation Management Center (TMC) operations to enhance the ability of operators to manage traffic in a more responsive and effective way during weather events.

Assure accurate late train arrival forecasts in support of a Connection Protection system.

The CP system uses an algorithm to predict whether trains will arrive late at a station and whether a "hold until" message should be issued to buses at the station. Essentially, the system monitors…
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04/13/2006

Incorporate real-time bus and train location information in the Connection Protection algorithm.

UTA's CP system algorithm integrates both train and bus schedule data, taking into account estimated train arrival time, train schedule, real-time train position based on Global Positioning System (…
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04/13/2006

Adjust bus schedules to assure adequate time to accomplish rail-to-bus connections, given the risk of late train arrivals at connecting stations.

An important factor that influences the willingness of bus operators to wait for late trains is the tightness of their bus schedule. If a bus is late getting to a rail station and the riders miss the…
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04/13/2006

Understand that deployment costs of 511 systems will vary based on system capabilities and anticipate the challenges of identifying these costs early in the process.

The Guidelines suggest that one of the major issues to be considered when developing a 511 system is to understand that deployment costs will vary. The implementer should anticipate the challenges of…
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09/16/2005

Perform before-research to determine what customers want from 511 services and continue to evaluate the system after implementation.

For a 511 system to be successful, it has to provide information that is useful and beneficial to its customer, the traveling public. To be effective the implementer has to perform "before" research…
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09/16/2005

Field data collected over the last two decades show variable speed limit (VSL) systems can reduce crash potential by 8 to 30 percent.

FINDINGS The data below excerpted from Table-1 of the source report highlights findings from the literature search.   Type of Test Location Major Findings Field…
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12/07/2012