Abstract
This report presents a summary of research and development focusing on the prototype deployment and evaluation of an Advanced Transportation Management Systems (ATMS) Testbed. Located in Orange County, California, the Testbed, which is based on real-time, computer-assisted traffic management and communication, is designed to: 1) accelerate deployment through advanced technology research; 2) demonstrate the readiness of advanced systems; and 3) implement and evaluate operations of an integrated multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency transportation operations system. The transportation operations system that forms the backbone of the Testbed is structured to provide intelligent computer-assisted decision support to traffic management personnel by integrating network-wide traffic information in a real-time environment. This study identified research activities that, accompanied by Testbed support, might lead to candidate products for deployment. The work accomplished is divided into three primary categories: 1) Testbed Resources/Technical Assistance/ Management; 2) Testbed Deployment; and 3) Testbed Research and Development.