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Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures

Every Day Counts: An Innovation Partnership with States

"Automated traffic signal performance measures (ATSPM) will revolutionize the management of traffic signals by providing the high-resolution data needed to actively manage performance."

Source: EDC-4 Final Report


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Every Day Counts focuses on accelerating project delivery and deploying proven innovations that facilitate greater efficiency at State and local levels to deliver the greatest value for tax dollars spent.

Every Day Counts (EDC) is a Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)program that works in partnership with the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and other transportation stakeholders to foster a culture of innovation.1 It focuses on accelerating project delivery and deploying proven innovations that facilitate greater efficiency at State and local levels. EDC is designed to complement other initiatives promoting innovative technologies and practices, playing an important role in helping transportation agencies fulfill their obligation to the American people— deliver the greatest value from tax dollars spent.

As detailed in this report, round four of Every Day Counts (EDC-4) championed the deployment of ATSPM through a series of workshops, webinars, and case studies. These activities raised awareness of the capabilities of ATSPM and facilitated the exchange of information between peers and practitioners. FHWA has also been active in facilitating ATSPM through State Transportation Innovation Councils (STIC) and Accelerated Innovation Deployment (AID) grants, including the following.

Crosswalk with ovehead traffic lights Photo Credit:FHWA

STIC Incentive Program: This program offers assistance and funds to support the cost of standardizing innovative practices in a state transportation agency or by other public sector STIC stakeholders. Projects were awarded to Maine, Missouri, North Carolina, and Louisiana to facilitate ATSPM deployment. Tennessee received program funding for traffic signal operations.

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AID Demonstration Program: This program provides funding as an incentive for eligible entities to accelerate the implementation and adoption of innovation in highway transportation. AID Demonstration Grants for ATSPM implementation include:

Selected innovations share common goals:

  • Accelerating project delivery
  • Enhancing safety and durability of roads and bridges
  • Reducing traffic congestion Improving environmental sustainability.
  • Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC), VT: Implementation of Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures along an Urban Traffic Signal Corridor: Real Time Traffic Information through Bluetooth Deployment ($996,000)
  • City of Dover, NH: Creating a Benchmark for Traffic Signal Performance ($649,500)
  • Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC), KY: Kentucky Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures Corridor Project (US 231 - Warren County / Richmond Bypass - Madison County) ($1,000,000)
  • Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), MO: Branson Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures ($334,800)
  • New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT), NH: Creating a Benchmark for Traffic Signal Performance ($519,600)
  • Wyoming Department of Transportation, WY: Update of WYDOT’s Traffic Signal System, communications and detection upgrades to support implementation of Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures ($1,000,000)

For a comprehensive overview of all EDC-4 innovations, please visit the EDC-4 Innovations webpage and the EDC-4 Final Report referenced at:

https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/innovation/everydaycounts/edc-4.cfm

https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/innovation/everydaycounts/reports/edc4_final/

Screenshot from FHWA Center for Accelerating Innovation Phot Credit: FHWA

1 Section 1444 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (Public Law 114-94) (23 U.S.C. 101 note) [ Return to Note 1 ]