Active Traffic Management (ATM) FACT SHEET

BOULDER
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LAFAYETTE
Dyer Rd. 88th St
LOUISVILLE
Dillon Rd. 144th

Tape Dr. 96th St

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Phase 2 begins

BROOMFIELD
Phase 1 ends

120th SH 128
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Wadsworth Pkwy

112th

Broadway
WESTMINSTER
104th

Federal
Sheridan

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92nd
Westminster Blvd

Pecos
Wadsworth Blvd

LEGEND:
Managed Lanes 80th
General Purpose Lane
Auxiliary Lanes
Bikeway
BNSF Railroad 72nd
Interchange/Cross Road Improvement
BRT Slip Ramp/Platforms
Not to Scale
Sheridan

Lowell

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Active Traffic Management (ATM) FACT SHEET
The Facts
• Active Traffic Management (ATM) uses input from devices installed on the roadway, such as cameras and
vehicle detectors, to collect and process information about current traffic conditions.
• Drivers are notified in real-time of changing traffic conditions through messaging on digital roadway signs and
through Cotrip.org.
• ATM will be implemented on at least two corridors in Colorado by 2016 – US 36 between I-25 and Boulder,
and southbound I-25 between US 36 and 120th Avenue.
• Collisions are more likely to occur in highly congested areas, and ATM is intended to reduce congestion to
improve user safety, increase traffic flow and reduce fuel emissions.
• In the U.S., similar systems are successful in Washington State, Minneapolis and Virginia/Metro DC, where
collisions were reduced and reliable travel times were improved.
• The system will be operated by CDOT 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
• ATM is designed to smooth stop-and-go traffic; therefore, preventing secondary accidents.

What You’ll See

Advisory speed limits to slow drivers as they approach congestion. Closed lane due to accident advising drivers to merge to open lane.

• Traffic conditions will be depicted to motorists on the overhead structures and roadside digital signs.
• The digital signs will display whether the lane is open or closed, or provide an advisory speed limit.
• Advisory speed limits will be used to incrementally slow drivers down as they approach congestion.
• If a lane is closed, the status signs will direct drivers to merge into an open lane in advance of the closure, to
avoid abrupt braking.
• The lowest advisory speed will be 35 mph, even if traffic is moving slower. Just like a static speed limit sign on
the side of the roadway, adverse traffic conditions may require you to drive slower than the posted speed.

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