The District 12 Transportation
Management Center (TMC) is the nerve center
for our urban freeway and highway systems. Real
time information is gathered from many sources
such as electronic sensors in the pavement,
freeway call boxes, video cameras, 911 calls,
officers on patrol, Caltrans highway crews,ramp
meter sensors, earthquake monitors, motorist
cellular calls, and commercial traffic reporters,which
is sent to the TMC 24-hours a day, seven days
a week.
Information is received...decisions are made...actions
are taken. Dispatch a traffic management team?
Route a Freeway Service Patrol tow truck? Dispatch
a hazardous materials clean-up crew? Alert motorists
via changeable message signs and traffic reports
to the media?
Whatever the situation, the
TMC provides fast, intelligent and coordinated
responses.
