Abstract
Building on more than ten years experience using simulation-based training to advance the performance of personnel in traffic management centers (TMC's) throughout California, a major effort is currently underway to implement a new advanced traffic management training simulator and related curriculum. This paper describes the advanced TMC simulator facility and software system being developed to support both the training of TMC personnel and the testing of new traffic management technologies for California. A major innovation of this system is combining the new Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS) graphic interface and information system used in actual California TMS's with the Paramics microscopic traffic simulation software. The paper also reviews some of the guidelines which shape California TMC training needs, the job requirements of traffic management center personnel, the competencies required to use the technologies available to traffic managers, and the approach to develop the related training curricula. How California with its extensive experience has chosen to address this training need, in part through advanced simulation-based training, provides a useful model for other jurisdictions with congested urban areas.
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