ITS Appendices - Indianapolis Metropolitan Planning Organization

8. Evaluation of the effectiveness of implemented strategies, and
9. Establishment of a process to periodically update the CMS. 3
Recommendations from the Indianapolis CMS Process Report include a number of ITS strategies,
such as public transit enhancements, high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes, intersection operation
improvements including signalization modifications, freeway operations and management,
incident management, automated toll collection, advanced traveler information systems,
commercial vehicle operation improvements, and advanced vehicle control systems.
2.3 TrafficWise Documentation
TrafficWise is the intelligent transportation system for the State of Indiana, whose mission is to
make driving easier and safer for motorists in Indiana, especially in highly traveled metropolitan
areas. Operated from traffic management centers (TMC) located in Gary and Indianapolis,
TrafficWise encompasses the traffic monitoring, incident detection and response, and traveler
information functions of INDOT. The TrafficWise system consists of vehicle sensors and
cameras to monitor traffic and detect incidents, dynamic message signs and highway advisory
radio to alert motorists of current travel conditions, a real-time interactive website to provide pretrip
traffic information, and communications infrastructure to link all of these systems to the
traffic management centers where system data is collected and disseminated. 4
TrafficWise program documentation consists of the following (all published by INDOT in 2000):
• Concept of Operations Document – defines the functions, processes, and interactions that
occur within the TrafficWise system.
• Communications Plan Document – defines the necessary strategies and processes to
support the communications requirements of the TrafficWise system.
• Indianapolis ATMS Operations Plan Document – describes the necessary guidelines,
procedures, legislation, and activities of the Indianapolis TMC.
• TrafficWise Traffic Management Center Maintenance Plan – outlines the proper
procedures, as well as roles and responsibilities, for maintenance of TMC components.
Together these documents describe the operational aspects of the TrafficWise program, including
those within the City of Indianapolis.
2.4 Tracking the Deployment of the Integrated Metropolitan Intelligent Transportation
Systems Infrastructure in Indianapolis: FY2002 Results
In January of 1996, the Secretary of Transportation set a goal for the deployment of integrated
metropolitan ITS in the largest 75 cities of the country within ten years. Since 1997, the United
States Department of Transportation (USDOT) has tracked the development of intelligent
transportation systems in these larger metropolitan areas by surveying representatives of these
cities. The survey focuses on the nine components of the Metropolitan ITS Infrastructure:
• Freeway management,
• Incident management,
• Arterial management,
• Emergency management,
3 Congestion Management System Process Report, Indianapolis MPO, 1996.
4 www.trafficwise.org
Indianapolis Regional Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Architecture A-4
FINAL Appendix A – Inventory of Existing Documentation