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| RMS (State Roads) | |
|---|---|
| Name | RMS (State Roads) |
| Country | Multiple |
| Type | State road |
| Maintenance | State agencies |
| Length km | Varied |
| Formed | Various dates |
RMS (State Roads) RMS (State Roads) denotes regional or state-level road networks administered by subnational transport agencies such as New York State Department of Transportation, California Department of Transportation, Ministry of Transportation of Ontario, Transport for NSW, and Deutsche Bundesbahn-era planners that connect urban centers like New York City, Los Angeles, Toronto, Sydney, and Berlin with interregional corridors including links to Interstate Highway System, Trans-Canada Highway, National Highway System (India), Autobahn, and European route network.
The development of RMS networks draws on precedents such as the Lincoln Highway, U.S. Route 66, Great North Road (Australia), Grand Trunk Road, and the postwar reconstruction efforts involving Marshall Plan funding and agencies like Federal Highway Administration, Highways England, Bureau of Public Roads, Japan Highway Public Corporation, and Soviet GULAG road projects that reshaped corridors linking cities such as Chicago, San Francisco, Montreal, Melbourne, and Moscow to ports like Port of Los Angeles, Port of Rotterdam, and Port of Singapore and to rail hubs including Penn Station (New York City), Gare du Nord, and Shinjuku Station.
RMS numbering systems often mirror schemes used by United States Numbered Highways, British road numbering scheme, National Highway System (India), European route E-road network, Japanese National Route system, and Australian alphanumeric route system, with classifications influenced by agencies such as AASHTO, Transport Canada, Australian Road Research Board, Ministry of Transport (UK), and Federal Highway Administration to distinguish primary arteries linking state capitals and major ports from secondary collectors serving suburbs and rural districts.
Administration of RMS networks is typically the remit of state or provincial agencies like Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Texas Department of Transportation, Ministry of Transportation of Ontario, New South Wales Roads and Maritime Services, and Bavarian State Ministry of Housing, Building and Transport often coordinating with federal bodies such as Federal Highway Administration, Transport Canada, Department for Transport (UK), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Japan), and European Commission units overseeing transnational corridors and standards exemplified by institutions like World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and European Investment Bank.
Signage and technical standards for RMS adopt conventions from organizations including Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, European Committee for Standardization, International Organization for Standardization, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and Transport Research Laboratory with legal frameworks embedded in statutes such as Highway Act 1980, National Highway Act (India), and regional regulations enforced by bodies like Metropolitan Police Service and New York City Police Department for traffic control near landmarks such as Times Square, Trafalgar Square, Shibuya Crossing, and Piazza del Duomo.
Major RMS corridors intersect with national and international routes including Interstate 95, Interstate 10, Trans-Canada Highway, M1 (Great Britain), M25 motorway, Autobahn A9, National Highway 44 (India), Pacific Highway (Australia), Pan-American Highway, and urban arterials like Broadway (Manhattan), Sunset Boulevard, Yonge Street, George Street (Sydney), and Unter den Linden forming networks that serve megaregions described in studies by Regional Plan Association, OECD, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, and World Bank.
Funding mechanisms for RMS projects include models from Federal Highway Trust Fund, Public–private partnership, Build–Operate–Transfer, Toll roads (United States), European Investment Bank financing, and bonds similar to Municipal bond issuances used in major projects like Big Dig, Crossrail, Gotthard Base Tunnel, Gardiner Expressway reconstruction, WestConnex, and Autobahn expansion programs often supported by multilateral institutions such as International Monetary Fund and Asian Development Bank.
Safety and traffic management on RMS corridors integrate systems and research from Intelligent Transportation Systems, European Road Safety Observatory, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Transport for London congestion schemes, Singapore Road Traffic Solutions, and innovations developed by IEEE, Siemens Mobility, Alstom, TomTom, and HERE Technologies including deployment of ramp metering, variable speed limits, adaptive traffic control, connected vehicle trials, autonomous vehicle testing corridors, and incident response coordination with agencies like Fire and Rescue NSW, London Ambulance Service, and New York City Fire Department.
Category:Road transport