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The traffic management team approach to solving transportation operational problems in a rapidly growing urban area-Houston, Texas-is discussed. The Houston Traffic Management Team, as it is referred to, is an interagency group that is composed of representatives from Harris County law enforcement agencies; city, state, and county transportation departments; and the Metropolitan Transit Authority. The team meets monthly to discuss such topics as the review of traffic control strategies for major urban rehabilitation projects, review and approval of proposed operational changes to existing facilities, and operational problems encountered by law enforcement officials. The most important result of the team's activities since its inaugural meeting in January 1981 is the communication links that have been established between all transportation-related agencies in Harris County. It is recommended that the traffic management team approach be applied when the successful operation of existing transportation facilities crosses jurisdictional boundaries, as in Harris County.

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1983

Transportation Research Record

62nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board

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Highway traffic control; Institutional issues; Interagency relations; Public transit; Traffic control; Urban renewal

Houston (Texas)

Highways; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Society; I73: Traffic Control

TRIS, TRB

Dec 30 1983 12:00AM

• APPLYING TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES TO DOWNTOWN WASHINGTON, D. C.
• CONCURRENT USE OF MAXBAND AND TRANSYT SIGNAL TIMING PROGRAMS FOR ARTERIAL SIGNAL OPTIMIZATION
• DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERACTIVE PLANNING MODEL FOR CONTRAFLOW LANE EVALUATION
• EVALUATION OF A BUS PREEMPTION STRATEGY BY USE OF COMPUTER SIMULATION
• FIRST-GENERATION UTCS SIMULATION
• GARDEN STATE PARKWAY HOV LANE (ABRIDGMENT)
• GETTING RESULTS FROM TSM PLANNING: BALTIMORE'S CORRIDOR STUDY APPROACH
• HEURISTIC PROGRAMMING APPROACH TO ARTERIAL SIGNAL TIMING
• MAKING PROGRESS WITH TRAFFIC RESTRAINT: THE ROLE OF RESEARCH
• OPAC: A DEMAND-RESPONSIVE STRATEGY FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL
• PEAK-PERIOD ONE-WAY OPERATION OF AN URBAN EXPRESSWAY
• SUMMARY OF OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND ANTICIPATED EVALUATION OF I-66 HOV FACILITY