[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 23, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 23CFR655.403]

[Page 241-242]
 
                           TITLE 23--HIGHWAYS
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 655--TRAFFIC OPERATIONS--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart D--Traffic Surveillance and Control
 
Sec. 655.403  Traffic surveillance and control systems.

    (a) A traffic surveillance and control system is an array of human, 
institutional, hardware and software components designed to monitor and 
control traffic, and to manage transportation on streets and highways 
and thereby improve transportation performance, safety, and fuel 
efficiency.
    (b) Systems may have various degrees of sophistication. Examples 
include, but are not limited to, the following systems: traffic signal 
control, freeway surveillance and control, and highway advisory radio, 
reversible lane control, tunnel and bridge control, adverse weather 
advisory, remote control of movable bridges, and priority lane control.
    (c) Systems start-up is the process necessary to assure the 
surveillance and control project operates effectively. The start-up 
process is accomplished in a limited time period immediately after the 
system is functioning

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and consists of activities to achieve optimal performance. These 
activities include evaluation of the hardware, software and system 
performance on traffic; completion and updating of basic data needed to 
operate the system; and any modifications or corrections needed to 
improve system performance.