Traffic Management Centers: Challenges, Best Practices, and Future Plans

Traffic management centers (TMCs) function as the technical and institutional hubs that facilitate interagency coordination and integrate a wide range of traffic management strategies. The goal of this research is to draw a typology of best practices in TMCs with a focus on ITS in terms of innovative tools, technologies, methods, and policies being employed. This research aims to provide an updated and comprehensive scan of current practices in TMC operations, establish a general standard in TMC performance, and provide guidelines for future plans.

Final Report

Traffic Management Centers: Challenges, Best Practices, and Future Plans

Presentations:

1. "A Comprehensive Framework for Traffic Incident Management Program Planning and Assessment", presented at the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Reserach Board, Washington, D.C., January 12-16, 2014.
2. "Traffic Management Centers: Challenges, Best Practices, and Future Plans", presented at the 2014 UTC Conference for the Southeaster Region in Atlanta, Georgia, March 24-25, 2014.

Project Information Forms:

1. January 2013
2. July 2013
3. January 2014
4. July 2014

Publications: 

1. Jin, X., Md. S. Hossan, and A. Gan (2014). Traffic Incident Management Program Assessment and Performance Measures. Final Report, District Four Florida Department of Transportation, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
2. Jin, X., Z. Zhang, and A. Gan (2014). Traffic Management Centers: Challenges, Best Practices, and Future Plans. Draft Final Report, the National Center for Transportation System Productivity and Management, Atlanta, GA.