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The TravTek Traffic Management Center and Traffic Information Network
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The three major elements of TravTek are the TravTek Information and Services Center (TISC), the TravTek vehicles and the Traffic Management Center (TMC). The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has issued a contract to design and implement the TMC and a network of agencies and companies that will supply traffic information and data. These sources of information and the TravTek vehicles are known as the Traffic Information Network (TIN). The TIN sends this information to the TMC which combines and processes it to generate reports in a process known as data fusion. Historical data and operator-entered information are also included in the data fusion process to generate the various status, incident, and link data reports. The TMC facilitates and pursues incident and congestion confirmation and clearance information from the TIN sources, fuses the information and provides it in the form of a computerized report to various users. Only data pertaining to link travel times and confirmed incidents or congestion are provided to the TravTek vehicles and to other end users.
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Rupert, R., "The TravTek Traffic Management Center and Traffic Information Network," SAE Technical Paper 912822, 1991, https://doi.org/10.4271/912822.Also In
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- TravTek: Travel Technology - An Advanced Motorist Information Demonstration (Brochure) May 4 1990 U.S. Department of Transportation
- TravTek Traffic Information Network Concept Plan September 25 1990 Farradyne Systems, Inc.
- TravTek TMC - Functional Design (Draft) May 16 1991 Farradyne Systems, Inc.