Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space

"A community’s physical form, rather than its land uses, is its most intrinsic and enduring characteristic." [Katz, EPA] This blog focuses on place and placemaking and all that makes it work--historic preservation, urban design, transportation, asset-based community development, arts & cultural development, commercial district revitalization, tourism & destination development, and quality of life advocacy--along with doses of civic engagement and good governance watchdogging.

Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Learn how to manage traffic

I have never been that interested in what is called "intelligent transportation systems" (ITS), which is focused on better managing the road network. But the reality is that you see how if road closures and accident scenes (and the road network impacted by a particular accident) are better managed, then traffic tie ups, especially during rush hour would be reduced.

The other crazy thing is that message boards on highways actually produce traffic tieups and slowdowns, as people slow down to read the message.

Anyway, the Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota has created an online simulation, Gridlock Buster, a traffic control game based on tools and ideas that traffic control engineers use in their everyday work.

I haven't played it yet, but I intend to as it is something that I need to know more about (without necessarily taking a class in traffic engineering, which I probably will have to do sooner rather than later).

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