AHB25: The Traffic Signal Systems Committee

Welcome

Welcome to the web site of the Traffic Signal Systems Committee (TSSC), a technical standing committee AHB25 (previously A3A18) of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies. TSSC is concerned with provision of the safe and efficient movement of people and goods on surface streets through the use of traffic management systems.

The Traffic Signal Systems Committee membership is listed on the Membership page. Anyone interested in Traffic Signal Systems is welcome to become a Friend of the Committee. You can sign up on the Membership page under Contact Information/ Join Committee Friends.

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The scope of the Committee's activities include:

• system design, implementation, operations, and maintenance;
• development of traffic operations centers;
• development of traffic management strategies;
• integration and operational evaluation of surface street systems with freeway, traveler information, and transit systems; and
• incorporation of surface street systems into Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS).

Announcements --Summer Meeting

Traffic Signal Systems Committee Summer Meeting
Moscow, Idaho
July 18-20, 2010

We are continuing to plan our program for the summer meeting of the Traffic Signal Systems Committee. 

To help us in our planning efforts, could you answer the following questions by return email (MKYTE@uidaho.edu):

• Do you plan to attend the summer meeting?  (If so, will you be bringing a spouse or other family members?)
• Do you have an idea that you’d like to contribute as part of the education workshop (see schedule below); if so please send it to me by Monday, February 15th.  I am particularly interested in those that teach courses (whether at a university or to practitioners) that include traffic signal timing and operations, or those with ideas of issues or content that should be included in these courses.

The tentative schedule now looks like this:

Sunday, July 18th
Subcommittee meetings, 100 pm – 500 pm
Outdoor BBQ/Salmon Bake, 600 pm – 800 pm

Monday, July 19th
Education workshop.  Problem that we are addressing:  Need to develop an improved educational program for university engineering students and practitioners to learn about traffic signal systems.

9:00 am to 12 noon

• The purpose of this session is to introduce current educational practices in both the university and professional environment.
• Tentative schedule/sessions:
• Introduction, including goals for session and framework for how we are viewing the problem.
• Set of presentations by university faculty  on what we currently teach at various levels: freshman, junior, senior, graduate levels.
• Set of presentations on what  we currently teach to practitioners in continuing education courses
• Set of presentations on “cool tools” that are currently available to help students (at all levels) to learn about traffic signal systems.
• Presentation by FHWA on their signal timing education roadmap.

100 pm to 400 pm

• The purpose of this session is identify various components of a knowledge, skills, and abilities table for different levels of the university environment, and to identify what work needs to be done to prepare curriculum materials for traffic signal systems education.
• Tentative schedule/sessions:
• Panel discussion by practitioners: what we want our new hires to know and be able to do.
• Discussions or working groups on developing new materials and courses and how students learn.
• Summary of outcomes and next steps

Tuesday, July 20th
Committee business meeting, 800 am to 12 noon

Michael Kyte, PhD, PE
Professor, Civil Engineering
University of Idaho
Engineering/Physics Building 115E
Moscow, ID 83844-0901
phone: 208.885.6002
fax: 208.885.2877
web site: http://www.webs1.uidaho.edu/mkyte/