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Manual on Real-Time Motorist Information Displays.

PB87170064

Publication Date	1986
Personal Author	Dudek, C. L.; Huchingson, R. D.
Page Count	200
Abstract	The Manual provides practical guidelines for the development, design, and operation of real-time driver displays, both visual and auditory, for freeway corridor traffic management. The emphasis is on the recommended content of messages to be displayed in various traffic situations; the manner in which messages are to be displayed--format, coding, style, length, load, redundancy, and number of repetitions; and where messages should be placed with respect to the situations they are explaining. The Manual also provides guidance in selection of the appropriate type of display, and guidance in design of the display to improve the target value and reception of the message.
Keywords	Freeways Real time operations Guidelines Design Traffic management Variable message signing Display systems Highway advisory radio Traffic advisories Traffic signs
Source Agency	Federal Highway Administration
NTIS Subject Category	91B - Transportation & Traffic Planning 85H - Road Transportation 43G - Transportation
Corporate Authors	Dudek and Associates, Bryan, TX.; Federal Highway Administration, McLean, VA. Office of Implementation.
Supplemental Notes	See also PB-297 157. Sponsored by Federal Highway Administration, McLean, VA. Office of Implementation.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept. Sep 83-May 84.
NTIS Issue Number	198714
Contract Number	DTFH61-83-C-00066

Manual on Real-Time Motorist Information Displays.

Manual on Real-Time Motorist Information Displays.
PB87170064

Publication Date	1986
Personal Author	Dudek, C. L.; Huchingson, R. D.
Page Count	200
Abstract	The Manual provides practical guidelines for the development, design, and operation of real-time driver displays, both visual and auditory, for freeway corridor traffic management. The emphasis is on the recommended content of messages to be displayed in various traffic situations; the manner in which messages are to be displayed--format, coding, style, length, load, redundancy, and number of repetitions; and where messages should be placed with respect to the situations they are explaining. The Manual also provides guidance in selection of the appropriate type of display, and guidance in design of the display to improve the target value and reception of the message.
Keywords	Freeways Real time operations Guidelines Design Traffic management Variable message signing Display systems Highway advisory radio Traffic advisories Traffic signs
Source Agency	Federal Highway Administration
NTIS Subject Category	91B - Transportation & Traffic Planning 85H - Road Transportation 43G - Transportation
Corporate Authors	Dudek and Associates, Bryan, TX.; Federal Highway Administration, McLean, VA. Office of Implementation.
Supplemental Notes	See also PB-297 157. Sponsored by Federal Highway Administration, McLean, VA. Office of Implementation.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept. Sep 83-May 84.
NTIS Issue Number	198714
Contract Number	DTFH61-83-C-00066