Gateway Traveler Information System: Regional Traveler Information Services
Publication: Transportation and Development Institute Congress 2011: Integrated Transportation and Development for a Better Tomorrow
Abstract
The Gateway Traveler Information System (Gateway) and www.travelmidwest.com web site (formerly www.gcmtravel.com) provide timely, accurate, and useful traffic information to a variety of public and private constituents. Recurring and nonrecurring congestion directly impacts the economy, the environment, and the safety of the transportation network. The services and data provided by the Gateway have become a mission-critical service of the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and the geographically-connected roadway operators that are members of the Lake Michigan Interstate Gateway Alliance (LMIGA). This paper details the background and history of LMIGA and the Gateway, specifically www.travelmidwest.com. It highlights the goals of the Gateway and identifies four challenges and the associated resolutions that IDOT and the LMIGA partners use to ensure the Gateway is able to maximize the dissemination of quality traveler information to the staffs of operating agencies, the traveling public, and third party data subscribers. This paper also describes the elements that will impact both the system and the regional partnership as technologies advance, traveler information demands increase, and policies evolve.
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Transportation and Development Institute Congress 2011: Integrated Transportation and Development for a Better Tomorrow
Pages: 40 - 49
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© 2011 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Business management
- Computer networks
- Computing in civil engineering
- Construction engineering
- Construction industry
- Construction management
- Engineering fundamentals
- Information systems
- Infrastructure
- Internet
- Practice and Profession
- Private sector
- Public information programs
- Public private partnership
- Systems engineering
- Traffic congestion
- Traffic engineering
- Traffic management
- Transportation engineering
- Travel time
- Urban and regional development
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