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The best way to manage congestion is to control the factors causing it. TSM does this on a daily basis by taking a systems approach to managing New Jersey's highways and providing "smart solutions" to assist motorists get to their destinations quickly and safely. Some of the "smart solutions" that make a motorist's driving experience efficient and safe include:

• reducing the time it takes to clear an incident and re-open travel lanes by working along with State and local police to respond to incidents and emergencies
  
  
• providing information about traffic delays, detour routes, construction and safety related messages via Dynamic Message Signs (DMS)
  
  
• using real-time traffic reporting and providing customer access to traffic cameras on the 511NJ Travel Information Web site
  
  
• providing travel times so that motorists know in advance how long it will take to reach their destination.
  
  
• offering assistance to disabled motorists through the Safety Service Patrol

Other benefits to the motorist include:

• managing the flow of traffic 24/7 on New Jersey's state highways via NJDOT's Traffic Operations Centers
  
  
• handling emergency calls from law enforcement and the general public via NJDOT's 24/7 Central Dispatch Unit
  
  
• preparing traffic mitigation plans and implementing lane closure hours so that the impacts from construction and/or special events are kept to a minimum for the duration of the project and/or event
  
  
• making video recordings available to the public via NJDOT's Traffic Camera Video Log Requests

Through a variety of additional programs, TSM is responsible for deploying Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)/Mobility and Systems Engineering and other systems operations strategies that enhance mobility throughout the state such as:

• utilizing state-of-the-art technology on New Jersey highways such as adaptive traffic signal systems or connected traffic signals to optimize traffic signal performance
  
  
• optimizing NJDOT's more than 2500 signalized intersections and implementing adaptive traffic signal systems to make traffic flow more efficiently along highly congested corridors
  
  
• developing the systems necessary to make our highways compatible with Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Technology