FAST-TRAC and dynamic route guidance : a successful large-scale field operational test.

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Wieck, M.
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Abstract

This paper describes results of the second phase of the Field Operational Test FAST-TRAC (Faster And Safer Travel through Traffic Routing and Advanced Controls) in Oakland County, Michigan. The mission of the FAST-TRAC program has been to implement an operational field test of a combined Advanced Traffic Management/ Advanced Traveler Information System, the first of its kind in the United States. The paper focuses on the ATIS side of FAST-TRAC, the ALI-SCOUT Dynamic Route Guidance System. Starting in 1991, ALI-SCOUT has grown through several phases from a small test bed of 16 vehicles to a fully operating system where 100 beacons provide dynamic route guidance to almost 500 volunteer drivers all over the southeastern part of Oakland County. The system is linked to the Oakland County Traffic Information Management System (TIMS), the second major component of FAST-TRAC. The third component, SCATS, provides adaptive traffic control to over 100 intersections. The paper focuses on the accomplishments in the area of dynamic route guidance. Major lessons learnt are addressed, helping to better understand the overall concept of dynamic route guidance, its limitations and benefits.

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C 13764 (In: C 13302 CD-ROM) /73 / IRRD 491961
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In: Mobility for everybody : proceedings of the fourth world congress on Intelligent Transport Systems ITS, Berlin, 21-24 October 1997, Paper No. 1093, 6 p., 5 ref.

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