摘要: |
It is no surprise that the popularity of mapping and navigation smartphone applications has exploded in recent years. Travelers trust and rely on these applications for making routing choices before and even during a trip. Currently, mapping applications are providing traveler information with little collaboration with transportation professionals or the data related to the systems they manage commonly found in Transportation Management Centers (TMCs). Transportation professionals, specifically traffic operations engineers, need to be aware of the functionality of these applications and how to work with these companies to communicate the latest system status. Cooperating with application developers to provide accurate information can have a real-life impact on safety and operational efficiency for our roadway systems. |