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Evaluating Alternative Operations Strategies to Improve Travel Time Reliability

Overview

The objective of this project is to identify and evaluate strategies and tactics to satisfy travel time reliability requirements of users of the roadway network. This study involved the following tasks:

  • Discuss different needs of various roadway network users
  • Address agencies’ performance measures and targets
  • Evaluate trends and key drivers that will shape the future
  • Prepare three alternative future scenarios
  • Discuss how existing and new technologies should be applied to these scenarios
  • Provide a high level concept of operation to agencies with actionable steps towards the future.

Source Organization Location

Washington
,
DC

Operations Area of Practice

    Active Traffic Management (ATM)
    Freeway Management
    Real Time Traveler Information
    Position Descriptions, Recruitment and Retention
    Interagency Agreements / Cooperation / MOUs
    Public-Private Partnerships (PPP)
    Leadership
    Organizational Models
    Data Acquisition, Support and Hosting
    System Performance Definition, Monitoring and Reporting
    Cost / Benefit Analysis
    Traffic Incident Management
    Emergency Transportation Operations

Organizational Capability Element

    Programming/Budget/Funding
    Integrated Corridor Management
    Freeway Operations
    Traveler Information
    Traffic Incident Management
    Emergency Transportation Operations
    Active Traffic Management/Travel Demand Management/Pricing
    Leadership/Championship
    Outsourcing/PPP

Content Type

Research

Role in Organization

Senior Engineer
Researcher/Academic
Principal Engineer
Manager / First Line Supervisor
Director / Program Manager
Engineer
Operator
Senior Manager
Transit Professional
Associate Engineer

Publishing Organization

SHRP2 Program

Maturity Level of Program

Monitoring (L4)
Deployment (L3)
Assessment (L1)
Development (L2)

Objective

Learning
How-To
Available Tools

Document Downloads

Project Website

Prime Contractor
Kittelson & Associates, Inc.
Issue Date
Publication Number
S2-L11-RR-1
ISBN Number
978-0-309-12961-9