Joint Traffic Management Center
Honolulu’s Joint Traffic Management Center (JTMC) is a multi-agency collaboration to improve traffic management and public safety coordination on O‘ahu. The Center will facilitate coordination among six agencies:
City & County of Honolulu
- Department of Transportation Services (DTS)
- Honolulu Police Department (HPD)
- Honolulu Fire Department (HFD)
- Emergency Services Department (ESD)
State of Hawaiʻi
JTMC Mission
The JTMC will provide a secure, protected, comfortable, collaborative, and enabling environment that will allow traffic management and Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) personnel on O‘ahu to improve and enhance:
- Day-to-day operation of the transportation network;
- Coordination and response to traffic incidents, reducing traffic delays and congestion and improving public safety;
- Information dissemination among responders; and
- Traffic information disseminated to the public
Active Traffic Management
At the JTMC, a combination of people and automated systems will integrate information from various sources to support a proactive response to traffic operations. The JTMC will manage traffic during the range of traffic flow conditions including both major and minor congestion as well as incidents and events. To this end, the stakeholder agencies — led by DTS and HDOT — will actively manage traffic while the JTMC supplies the environment for City and State traffic operations and City first responder agencies to work together to improve traffic.
The “active” part of ATM consists of two elements: (1) continuous monitoring through technologies and people, and (2) proactively changing traffic control and management to respond to, or in anticipation of, traffic conditions through automated technologies and staff monitoring.
Hoku Pa`a and JTMC Logo
The chosen name for the JTMC Logo is Hōkū Pa‘a — the Hawaiian phrase for “North Star,” literally translated as “Immovable Star.” Like the guiding star, the JTMC serves as a trusted resource and a constant reference point that enhances the roadway travel experience while simultaneously protecting all travelers.
The JTMC logo image embodies the shape of a shield, with three distinct elements: the seven-pointed star, the Pueo, and a roadway.
- The seven-pointed star personifies Nā Huihui o Makali‘i, a cluster of stars that served as a guiding constellation in the traditional Hawaiian star-based calendar and represents the six JTMC agencies coming together as one.
- The Pueo, or Hawaiian Short-eared Owl, draws a parallel between the wisdom of the revered bird and the wealth of knowledge the JTMC imparts. Like the protector and messenger owl, the JTMC is a guardian chaperone that provides direction and reassurance.
- The vertical lines forming the roadway at the bottom of the logo are representative of both the ancient trails that guided Kanaka Maolifrom uka to kai and the modern roadways that safely and efficiently connect our people to each other and their livelihood.
JTMC Building Design
The architectural design of the JTMC building was inspired and informed by the traditions of Pacific voyaging and navigation. The overall theme of the structure honors and recognizes the successful revival and perpetuation of Polynesian and Hawaiian voyaging and the lessons learned from Micronesian Master Navigator Mau Piailug.
The JTMC is primed and vigilant, steadfast in its commitment to perpetually support daily commutes for optimal safety and efficiency.