Understanding Integrated Corridor Management (ICM)

The Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) Initiative is one of the ten major initiatives sponsored by the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA). The primary objective of the ICM Initiative is to demonstrate how Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) technologies can efficiently and proactively facilitate the movement of people and goods through major transportation corridors. Arterial data is critical to the successful implementation of an (Incident Corridor Management System) ICMS. Management of arterial traffic in a corridor depends on the acquisition of data about current conditions in the corridor, the capability to implement various arterial traffic management strategies, and the (Analysis, Modeling, and Simulation) AMS tools to support the evaluation and selection of strategies appropriate to the current conditions.