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Title: MAKING INTELLIGENT VEHICLE/HIGHWAY SYSTEMS REALLY WORK: A STATUS REPORT ON THE CONGESTION AVOIDANCE AND REDUCTION FOR AUTOS AND TRUCKS PROJECT
Accession Number: 00625676
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: Most Intelligent Vehicle/Highway Systems (IVHS) studies focus on the characteristics of selected technologies operating in narrow limited environments, consisting of a few selected corridors or markets in the largest cities. If successful, such applications would have a small overall effect on congestion. A different approach--placing full-service technologies into the hands of all drivers in medium-sized cities--holds much greater promise for real impact. One such proposal for the Charlotte, North Carolina, metropolitan area, a region of 1.6 million people, is described. Termed CARAT (Congestion Avoidance and Reduction for Autos and Trucks), the concept is an information provision (ATIS) element of a broad congestion and traffic management strategy being developed by the North Carolina Department of Transportation. CARAT envisions a large information network based on middle-tech devices, serving consumers, truckers, fixed sites, and emergency services. Telephone, radio, and other selected audio systems are used to transmit data directly to clients from a central office using straightforward geographic information system-based information storage technology. Only marketable and cost-effective services are offered, at low subsidy. CARAT would be partially supported by private-sector advertising and subscriptions. A careful market survey is being used to gauge the demand for services before implementation. A parallel effort to outfit the greater Charlotte freeway and expressway system with modern ATMS traffic operation technology is also in the development stage. The CARAT approach is not only feasible, but more cost-effective and more widely applicable than its high-tech IVHS cousins.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1360, Traffic Operations. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01405038
Language: English
Authors: Hartgen, David TBruce, Edward LPagination: p. 23-29
Publication Date: 1992
Serial: ISBN: 0309052238
Features: Figures
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TRT Terms: Identifier Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Jan 5 1993 12:00AM
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