Utah DOT developed a project based on the initial 2016 deployment of a full Dedicated Short-Range Communications (DSRC) corridor that supported transit signal priority (TSP) controls to leverage…
09/26/2021
Taxonomy: Adaptive Signal Control, Transit Signal Priority
The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) was selected as a recipient of FHWA’s Accelerated Innovation Deployment (AID) Demonstration grant to fund the use of a portable variable speed limit (PVSL…
07/23/2018
Taxonomy: Variable Speed Limits
Side Object Detection Systems (SODS) for transit buses have the potential to improve transit bus safety by helping operators avoid collisions with side objects. Although transit bus collisions are…
04/20/2010
Taxonomy: Lane Change Assist, Obstacle Detection
In 2002, the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) in Salt Lake City implemented the Connection Protection system to better coordinate passenger transfers between the TRAX light rail trains and buses at 20…
03/28/2005
Taxonomy: Service Coordination, Transit
The Utah CommuterLink Advanced Transportation Management System (ATMS) was developed so that operators in the Utah DOT Traffic Operations Center (TOC) could monitor and manage freeway and arterial…
11/05/2004
Taxonomy: Dynamic Message Signs, Traffic, Advanced Signal Systems, Special Events, Dynamic Message Signs, Ramp Metering, Traffic, Dynamic Message Signs, Service Patrols, Imaging / Video, Permanent TMCs