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| This summary report is an archived publication and may contain dated technical, contact, and link information |
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| Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-15-085 Date: December 2015 |
Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-15-085 Date: December 2015 |
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The Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA’s) Exploratory Advanced Research (EAR) Program addresses the need to conduct longer term and higher risk breakthrough research with the potential for transformational improvements to plan, build, renew, and operate safe, congestion free, and environmentally sound transportation systems. The EAR Program can accelerate and advance innovative methods by changing the mechanisms used to conduct research and the group of people who have access to research tools by leveraging new information science and communications technologies.
On February 3–4, 2015, at the Turner–Fairbank Highway Research Center in McLean, VA, FHWA’s Office of Operations Research and Development, with support from the EAR Program, convened the 2-day workshop, “Next Generation Traffic Control Systems.” The workshop brought together researchers and technology developers from industry, academia, and public agencies to discuss the direction of technological advances in traffic control systems and sensors. The workshop participants identified research gaps, barriers, and needs that could be addressed to improve the utility of sensors for traffic management. Participants also discussed how to accelerate the development of tools for future signal control research, the need for these tools, the potential benefits, and future considerations for their development and dissemination.
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Joseph I. Peters Director, Office of Operations Research and Development |
Debra S. Elston Director, Office of Corporate Research, Technology, and Innovation Management |
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| 1. Report No.
FHWA-HRT-l5-085 |
2. Government Accession No. | 3 Recipient's Catalog No. | ||
| 4. Title and Subtitle
Next Generation Traffic Control Systems Workshop Summary Report |
5. Report Date December 2015 |
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| 7. Author(s)
Tom Morton |
8. Performing Organization Report No.
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9. Performing Organization Name and Address Woodward Communications, Inc. |
10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS) |
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| 11. Contract or Grant No.
Contract DTFH61-l5-A-00001 |
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| 12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address
Office of Operations Research and Development |
13. Type of Report and Period Covered
Workshop Summary Report, February 2015 |
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14. Sponsoring Agency Code HRTM-30 |
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| 15. Supplementary Notes
FHWA's Contracting Officer's Task Manager (COTM): Zachary Ellis. HRTM-30 |
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| 16. Abstract
On February 3-4, 2015, at the Turner-l Fairbank Highway Research Center in McLean, VA, the Federal Highway Administration's Office of Operations Research and Development, with support from the Exploratory Advanced Research Program, convened the 2-day workshop “Next Generation Traffic Control Systems." The purpose of this workshop was to bring together researchers and technology developers from industry, academia, and public agencies to discuss the direction of technological advances in name control systems and sensors. |
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| 17. Key Words
Traffic control, next generation, technology, sensors, mobile, infrastructure traffic signals, control algorithms, adaptive traffic signal control, advanced loop detectors, control systems, mobile sensors technology. |
18. Distribution Statement
No restrictions. This document is available to the public through the National Technical information Service. |
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19. Security Classification Unclassified |
20. Security Classification Unclassified |
21. No. of Pages 44 |
22. Price N/A |
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