ITS DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: YEAR ONE ACTIVITIES
Shawn Turner, Robert E. Brydia, J C Liu, William L. Eisele · 1997
This report documents research conducted in the development of an ITS data management system, hereafter referred to as "ITS DataLink." The objective of the ITS DataLink system is to retain, manage, share, and analyze ITS data for a variety of transportation analyses. A survey of selected traffic management centers found a number of issues related to the retention and sharing of ITS data, including institutional communication and data management issues. Initial sections of this report include these and other survey findings. Background information is also provided on the definition and selection of transportation performance measures. Later sections of this report contain specific information on the development of the ITS DataLink system. Based upon the literature review, the report summarizes applicable performance measures that can easily be calculated with ITS data. The report includes examples of performance measure calculation using ITS data from the TransGuide center in San Antoni...