This paper describes the validation of a new methodology for the deployment of inter-jurisdictional Advanced Transportation Management and Information Systems (ATMIS) strategies, for responding to non-recurrent degradations in traffic system performance. The methodology employs a multi-agent, realtime knowledge-based system developed under the Caltrans (California Department of Transportation) ATMIS Research Program. A simulation-based evaluation analysis is described, that provides quantitative and qualitative measures for the effectiveness of realtime traffic management on combined freeway/arterial networks. The analysis demonstrates the effectiveness of the approach in producing realtime, integrated control solutions that reduce the adverse impact of incidents on circulation, network-wide.
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