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Freeway Management and Operations Handbook

Overview

The document is a resource document originally publishing in 2003 and updated in 2006 that provides an overview of the various institutional and technical issues associated with the planning, design, implementation, operation, and management of a freeway network. Freeway management and operations extend beyond ITS and electronic systems. The consequences of congestion are much more serious to a community than only local traffic impacts. Economic growth, quality-of-life, and environmental quality are some of the consequences of congestion.

An additional resource updates the Managed Lane chapter (Chapter 8) of the Freeway Management and Operations Handbook, originally developed in 2003. This 2011 update revises and significantly expands the original 2003 coverage of managed lanes, including definitions, strategies (e.g. dedicated lanes, corridor management), operational considerations (e.g. vehicle class, operational periods, pricing, enforcement), design considerations, planning and implementation, emerging trends, and case studies.

Source Organization Location

Washington
,
DC

Operations Area of Practice

    Pricing / Toll Roads
    Corridor and Arterial Traffic Management
    Active Traffic Management (ATM)
    Travel Demand Management
    Roadway Geometric Design
    Freeway Management
    Ramp Metering
    HOV Lanes / HOT Lanes
    Integrated ITS Deployment
    Communications
    Configuration Management
    Real Time Traveler Information
    ITS standards and specifications
    Systems engineering
    Transportation Management Centers (TMC / TOC)
    ITS System architecture
    Interagency Agreements / Cooperation / MOUs
    Communicating Reliability Information
    Organizational Models
    Data Acquisition, Support and Hosting
    System Performance Definition, Monitoring and Reporting
    Road Weather Management
    Traffic Incident Management
    Planned Special Events Traffic Management
    Emergency Transportation Operations

Organizational Capability Element

    Performance Management
    Planning
    Programming/Budget/Funding
    System Architecture / Engineering
    Integrated Corridor Management
    Freeway Operations
    Freight Management Operations
    Traveler Information
    Traffic Incident Management
    Work Zone Management
    Emergency Transportation Operations
    Testing, Verification & Validation (V&V)
    Road Weather Management
    Roadway Geometric Design
    Arterial Traffic Control Device Operations
    Active Traffic Management/Travel Demand Management/Pricing
    Local government/MPO/RTPA cooperation

Content Type

Informational Product

Role in Organization

Transportation Planner
Senior Engineer
Researcher/Academic
Principal Engineer
Manager / First Line Supervisor
Director / Program Manager
Engineer
Operator
Senior Manager
Public Safety Officer
Transit Professional
Associate Engineer

Publishing Organization

FHWA

Maturity Level of Program

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

Objective

Learning
How-To

Document Downloads

Prime Contractor
Seimens ITS
Author
Lou Neudorff,
Jeffrey E. Randall,
Robert Reiss, and
Robert Gordon
Issue Date
Publication Number
FHWA-OP-04-003