Urban Traffic Management System

Urban Traffic Management Control (UTMC) is an open standard approach for network and traffic management. UTMC is supported by the Department for Transport (DfT), and systems have been deployed by numerous Local Highway Authorities (LHAs) across the UK and by Highways England. UTMC is a critical service ensuring that Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) meets its legal duties under the Traffic Management Act (2004), specifically Part 2 of the Act places a network management duty on LTAs. Section 16 (1) states: "It is the duty of a local traffic authority to manage their road network with a view to achieving, so far as may be reasonably practicable having regard to their other obligations,…