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TRB Traffic Signal Systems Committee Summer Meeting

Traffic Signal Systems Committee Summer Meeting

July 10-12, 2006
J. Erik Jonsson Conference Center of the National Academy of Sciences

314 Quissett Avenue
Woods Hole, MA 02543

This year’s Midyear meeting of the TRB Committee on Traffic Signal Systems (TSS) will consist of:
Monday, 1:00pm-5:00pmSubcommittee meetings
Tuesday, 8:30am-5:00pmWorkshop on Operating Traffic Signal Systems in Oversaturated Conditions
Tuesday, 5:00pm-7:00pmReception and New England Style Clambake Dinner (Optional event not included in Registration Fee)
Wednesday, 8:00am-NoonSubcommittee meetings (continued)
Wednesday, 1:00pm-5:00pmTSS Committee Business Meeting

The Tuesday Workshop will focus on the challenge of traffic signal control in oversaturated conditions. The workshop will address issues related to defining, detecting, and measuring congested conditions; strategies and philosophies for management of traffic in congested conditions including multi-modal stakeholder (vehicles, transit, goods movement, and pedestrians) objectives. The standard of practice will be presented and discussed. New research topics will be identified to help address areas that need improvement or where we have insufficient experience.

Meeting Venue

Located on Cape Cod in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, this unique conference facility overlooks scenic Quissett Harbor and Buzzards Bay. Owned by the National Academy of Sciences, the Jonsson Center has long been host to national leaders from diverse sectors who conduct and participate in meetings.