Development of ITS-Based Investigation for the Rhode Island TRAC Program

摘要

This is an educational project directed toward the development of an ITS-Basedinvestigation for the Rhode Island TRAC program. The TRAC program is a hands-one program that allows junior and senior high school students to use math and science to solve real-world problems in transportation and civil engineering. At the center of the program is a TRAC pack. This 'TRAC' pack is the Transportation Research Activities Center pack, which is self-contained laboratory that serves as a teaching tool kit that goes into the classroom. It contains equipment and instructions for activities that students use to explore concepts in math, science, and social science. The project that was developed involves the analysis of the impact of various diversion scenarios once an incident is introduced to a transportation system. The scenario that the students investigate is the use of variable message signs (VMS).