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Interoperability is the ability of a system to use the parts, information, or equipment of another system. In the case of a managed lane, the facility must act in concert with the adjacent infrastructure to accomplish mobility goals. Using a literature review and an extensive survey of the profession, researchers compiled the critical interoperability concerns for a managed lanes facility so that planners, designers, and operators can focus on these interactions and create a successful facility. A key concept of the research findings is that interoperability actually exists at multiple levels; agency, facility, and equipment. Each of the seven critical areas (planning, geometric design, traffic control devices, operations, incident management, surveillance and monitoring, and communications) have interoperability concerns at one or more of these levels.

01020180

06-1650

English

18p

2006

Transportation Research Board 85th Annual Meeting

CD-ROM

Figures (2) ; References (10) ; Tables (4)

Communications; Equipment; Geometric design; Highway facilities; Highway operations; Highway planning; Incident management; Interoperability; Literature reviews; Managed lanes; Traffic control devices; Traffic surveillance

Highway agencies

Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2006 Paper #06-1650

TRIS, TRB

Mar 3 2006 10:45AM