Trafficmanagement | Roads And Bridges

Welcome to the Traffic Management Channel, a special section that provides the user an in-depth look at the multiple aspects of traffic management — straight from sources of Roads & Bridges magazine and our Transportation Management & Engineering supplement.

Topics covered include intelligent transportation systems, traffic signals, traffic monitoring, intersection safety, traffic design software, electronic tolling and congestion pricing.

Recent traffic-management Articles

Washington transit’s radio system plagued by dead zones

Washington’s Metro radio system is deeply flawed, according to the Washington Examiner. The system is plagued with dead spots throughout its network, which can make...

Chicago: city of widened (highway) shoulders

Next Monday, Chicago’s Pace express buses will start operating on the Stevenson Expressway (I-55)’s newly widened shoulders in an effort to cut congestion and...

Boston’s transit ready to batten down the hatches

The Massachusetts Bay Transit Agency (the MBTA, or the T) will be running fewer trains in severe winter weather conditions to avoid the miscues of last winter, when...

Arizona city looks to Bluetooth to track traffic

Chandler, Ariz., says that it is the first city in the U.S. to use Bluetooth to estimate traffic times on freeways, according to the East Valley Tribune. The city uses...

traffic-management Products

ComNet FVT/FVRHDMI

The ComNet FVT/FVRHDMI transmits a high-resolution HDMI signal over one multimode fiber up to 500 meters for the 1080p60 format. The FVT/...
RTMS (Remote Traffic Microwave Sensor)

RTMS (Remote Traffic Microwave Sensor) is a non-intrusive, radar-based detection system renowned for long-term, worry-free reliability and...
IK-WR14A IP Surveillance Camera

Toshiba introduces this high-definition, two-megapixel IP network dome camera that installs quickly thanks to a remote optical zoom and one-touch...
Titan Equipment Monitoring System

DPL America offers a wireless telematics solution for off-road equipment and over-the-road trucks to increase productivity and reduce fleet costs....
Signaling devices

Pfannenberg has introduced safety integrity level (SIL) audible and visual signaling devices that are specifically designed to conform to SIL 1 and...
Ethernet switch

ComNet introduced the CLFE4US1TPC, an Ethernet switch that combines four 10/100TX Ethernet signals and transports them over one coaxial cable or RJ-...
Gigabit switch

GarrettCom Inc., Fremont, Calif., has introduced its first Gigabit-only switch with 16 combo ports for copper and/or fiber ports and optional Layer 3...
Fleet management

Networkfleet, San Diego, has released Networkfleet Connect, a robust set of field management capabilities that seamlessly integrate with compatible...
Resource planning solution

Bid2Win Software Inc. has released Build2Win Logistics. Logistics is one of three modules included in the Build2Win Integrated Construction...
ATMS software

Centracs is Econolite’s newest ATMS software platform—an intuitive and easy-to-use GUI-based, centralized system, enabling unmatched ITS management,...

South Dakota DOT maintenance crew relines old culverts

Two corrugated metal-pipe (CMP) culverts located under Highway 50 in Chamberlain, S.D., were in danger of failing. One culvert was a 42-in.-diam. CMP...

Private enterprise finds a more effective way to handle snow and ice on 121-mile Canadian highway

MRDC Operations Corp. (MRDC), a private enterprise responsible for maintaining and rehabilitating a 121-mile highway connecting the cities of...

Minn. county selects alternative surface treatment for gravel roadway

A 6-mile gravel segment of Becker County, Minn., CSAH No. 35 had very high annual road-maintenance costs due to several resorts, logging trucks and...

Smoothness — A Paving Priority

For more than 70 years, nearly all pavers have utilized the free-floating, or self-leveling, screed to produce pavements with a level and smooth...

Saving When Repaving

How to cut manhole raising costs by 81% and extend new pavement lifespan with adjustable manhole risers.

Holmes County Highway Department Relies on MOTOTRBO GPS to Improve Road Crew Safety

Holmes County in central Ohio wanted to increase safety and improve operations at an affordable price. The solution was MOTOTRBO digital radios with...

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Industry News

Colorado considering first “diverging diamond” interchange

Officials in the neighboring towns of Superior and Louisville, Colo., have begun talks about installing a “diverging diamond” interchange on U.S. 36...

Illinois moves step closer to making Illiana expressway a reality

Now armed with quick-take, the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) would like to put the development and construction of the Illiana...

I-90 Corridor looks forward to managed lanes

The I-90 Corridor Planning Council co-chairs today presented the Illinois Tollway board of directors with recommendations for the I-90 Corridor from...