US-Tanzania Planning Visit: Telemetered Traffic Monitoring Sites for Intelligent Transportation Systems Applications

0000952 Mussa这是佛罗里达农业和机械大学土木工程系Renatus Mussa教授与坦桑尼亚达累斯萨拉姆大学土木工程系David Mfinanga教授会面的计划访问补助金，目的是敲定用于智能交通系统(ITS)应用的遥测交通监测站点(TTMS)的合作研究奖学金项目。完成的项目将提交给国际研究奖学金计划。使高速公路尽可能安全和富有成效的需要对发展中国家和美国一样重要。与此同时，交通界正在从修建新道路转向使用智能系统来运营和管理交通系统。佛罗里达农业和机械大学正在创建一个无线交通通信(WCT)实验室，该实验室将通过TTMS在国外的站点远程收集交通和道路数据。达累斯萨拉姆大学有一个可行的交通工程项目，该项目的教职员工从事教学和研究。在这次计划访问期间，穆萨教授和姆菲南加博士将共同选择安装地点，并最终确定TTMS的安装、运行和维护安排。该项目由国际方案司和土木工程与机械系统司联合资助。

0000952MussaThis is a planning visit grant for Professor Renatus Mussa, of the Department of Civil Engineering at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, to meet with Professor David Mfinanga, of the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, for the purpose of finalizing a collaborative research fellowship project on Telemetered Traffic Monitoring Sites (TTMS) for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) applications. The completed project will be submitted to the International Research Fellowship Program.The need to make highways as safe and productive as possible is as important to developing countries as it is to the United States. At the same time, the transportation community is shifting away from building new roads to the use of smart systems for the operation and management of transportation systems. The Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University is creating a Wireless Communications in Transportation (WCT) Laboratory which will remotely collect traffic and roadway data through TTMS sites in foreign countries. The University of Dar es Salaam has a viable transportation-engineering program, and the program's faculty members are engaged in teaching and research. During this planning visit, Professor Mussa and Dr. Mfinanga will jointly choose installation sites and finalize arrangements for the installation, operation and maintenance of the TTMS. This project is being jointly funded by the Division of International Programs and the Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems.