Operational and Institutional Agreements That Facilitate Regional Traffic Signal Operations (2011) / Chapter Skim
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Traffic signal operations and management can be defined as the process of planning, designing, operating, integrating, and the proactive maintenance and administration of a traffic signal system so that the efficiency, safety, and reliability of the arterial roadway network are optimized. Often these systems extend across jurisdictional boundaries, requiring cooperation among two (or more)
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old agencies to take on new roles or for new agencies to be formed to serve with more regional perspective. Although many RTSOPs have been established through regional metropolitan planning organizations, successful RTSOPs have been established by all levels of organizations, including state, county, and local departments of transportation and governmental corporations.
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A third operating concept involves programs where the regional entity coordinates development of regional signal timing plans and may implement timings in the field. Generally, at this level, local agencies are required to enter into a project-level agreement, indicating the local agencies' willingness to accept the timing plans' changes developed by the regional entity.
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