This paper presents an ITS project in Iran, as the first intelligent tunnel management system to be deployed in support of urban traffic management. It aims to protect highway users from possible hazards, provide them travel information and support traffic controllers in efficient and effective exercise of daily works. The project concerns a high trafficked tunnel which has been inaugurated in July 2006 to connect two parts of a highway in Tehran, linking the northwest districts to northeast ones. This corridor was selected as a good candidate, due in particular, to the variety of problems encountered In order to launch the project a co-operation has been negotiated in late 2005 between a European company and Tehran Traffic Control Co affiliated to Tehran Municipality; collaboration between the two companies was set up formally in January 2006; and the project has been scheduled to be completed by October this year. This paper details the scope of the study and the design of the project taking into account the local characteristics of traffic flow, driving behavior, work organization,etc. For the covering abstract see ITRD E134653.
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