the management of the movement of all types of vehicles travelers and pedestrians throughout the transportation network. Traffic management deals with information collection dissemination, and processing for the surface transportation system. Traffic management covers automated monitoring and control activities, decision-making processes (both automated and manual) that address real-time incidents and other disturbances on the transportation network, and management of travel demand as needed to maintain overall mobility (1).
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