Book Description

The Houston ITS Priority Corridor is one of four corridors selected by the U.S. Department of Transportation to showcase intelligent transportation systems (ITS) applications. The Texas Transportation Institute assisted the coalition of four local governments, comprised of the Texas Department of Transportation, Metropolitan Transit Authority (METRO), Harris County, and City of Houston, along with the Houston-Galveston Area Council (local MPO), in developing the Houston ITS Priority Corridor Program Plan (Report 2931-2, August 1995). This report updates the initial plan, reflecting additional finding authorizations, updated project development, and integration of Priority Corridor deployment projects into TranStar (Greater Houston Transportation and Emergency Management Center). The updated plan identifies a short-range component consisting of 31 deployment projects with an estimated cost of 25,502,500. The total 10-year plan calls for 52 projects with an estimated cost of 60,502,500. Implementation of the individual projects will be led by one of the four partnership transportation agencies or the Houston-Galveston Area Council.