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Traffic Signal Program
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Traffic Signals
Since 1989, DRCOG's Traffic Operations Program has been working with the Colorado Department of Transportation and local governments to coordinate traffic signals on major roadways in the region. The program reduces traffic congestion and improves air quality. DRCOG was one of the first metropolitan planning organizations (MPO) to conduct such a program, and remains the leader among the very few MPOs throughout the United States involved in traffic signalization efforts.
The Traffic Operations Program efforts are governed by the Traffic Signal System Improvement Program (TSSIP), which has two major components:
a capital improvement program (which provides equipment and installs communications links), anda traffic signal timing improvement program (which provides new traffic signal timing and coordination plans).
The brochure Why is the Signal Always Red? prepared by DRCOG provides an informative overview of some of the challenges involved in improving traffic signal timing and coordination.
Regional Benefits of Completed Projects
Click on the links below to see an Annual Benefits Summary of Projects as well as the Signal Timing Briefs (individual benefits summary reports for each project).
Projects Completed in 2010
Projects Completed in 2009
Projects Completed in 2008
Projects Completed in 2007
Projects completed in 2006
Staff Contact:
Greg MacKinnon, P.E.
Transportation Operations Program Manager
303-480-5633 or gmackinnon@drcog.org
Jerry Luor, P.E.
Traffic Signal Engineering Coordinator
303-480-6753 or jluor@drcog.org
Experience what it's like to work with traffic signals through an interactive game, Gridlock Buster, developed by the ITS Institute at the University of Minnesota.
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