Guidelines for Transportation Management Systems: Maintenance Concept and Plans

009699122002PDFManualFHWA-OP-04-011EDL No.: 13882DTFH61-C-00048Advanced traffic management systemsSystems analysisStrategic planningCommunication systemsSoftware maintenanceMaintenance managementConfiguration managementAdvanced rural transportation systemsARTSTravel managementDeployment strategyPlanningInstitutional issuesMainstreamingFreeway managementElectronic toll collectionETCTraffic management centerTraffic signal controlUnited StatesUnited States. Federal Highway AdministrationVick, Cary D.Sumner, RoyPB Farradyne Inc.United States. Federal Highway AdministrationNTL-OPERATIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROLS-OPERATIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROLSNTL-INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS-INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMSNTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-PLANNING AND POLICYIntelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office;Federal Highway AdministrationThis report summarizes traffic management systems maintenance practices utilized by state and local transportation agencies, identifies lessons learned from those practices, and offers professional analysis and recommendations for development of a comprehensive traffic management system maintenance program. This document is to be used as a technical reference manual \u2014 a resource document that provides an overview of the institutional and technical issues associated with the maintenance of a TMS. It will provide the user with a better understanding of the considerations required to develop a multi-year maintenance program for TMS. For many of the technical issues, excellent reference materials exist that provide detailed information, in more of a "how-to" format. These materials are referenced throughout the document