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FINAL REPORT Integrating Safety in Developing a Variable Speed Limits System University of Central Florida Center for Advanced Transportation Systems Simulation Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Aty Dr. Rongjie Yu Submitted to UTC National Center for Transportation System Productivity and Management January 2014i TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES .. iv LIST OF TABLES .. v LIST OF ACRONYMS/ABBREVIATIONS .. vi EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .. 1 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION .. 3 Introduction .. 3 Outline of the Report .. 4 CHAPTER 2: CURRENT IMPLEMENTED VSL SYSTEMS .. 5 Objectives of the VSL systems .. 5 Reduce recurrent congestion .. 5 Address adverse weather conditions .. 5 Improve traffic Safety .. 6 Other objectives .. 6 VSL control algorithms - parameters used in the algorithms .. 7 Traffic flow 7 Weather and roadway surface condition variables .. 8 Traffic and weather combined information .. 8 VSL Equipment .. 9 Data collection devices .. 9 VSL displaying devices.

Integrating Safety in Developing a Variable Speed Limits System University of Central Florida Center for Advanced Transportation Systems Simulation Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Aty Dr. Rongjie Yu Submitted to UTC National Center for Transportation System Productivity and Management January 2014

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