DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS METHODS TO SUPPORT CONGESTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
This paper summarizes the results of a research project conducted for the Metropolitan Planning Division of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) entitled "Analytical Procedures to Support a Congestion Management System." The project was undertaken in order to document understandable methods for monitoring and analyzing the impacts of congestion management strategies. The body of this paper is divided into four sections: 1) measures of transportation system performance; 2) sources of transportation data and methods to collect, assemble, and analyze data; 3) analysis and evaluation techniques; and 4) case studies. A preliminary review of selected congestion management system work plans reveals that existing data and analytical methods can provide a suitable foundation for a congestion management system. Sometimes, however, existing data and analysis approaches are insufficient to address the full scope of a desirable congestion management system. This paper appears in a compendium of conference papers.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Additional support was provided by the Puget Sound Regional Council and King County, Washington.
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Corporate Authors:
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC United States 20001Washington State Department of Transportation
Transportation Building, 310 Maple Park Avenue SE, P.O. Box 47300
Olympia, WA United States 98504-7300 -
Authors:
- Schwartz, W L
- Suhrbier, J H
- Gardner, B J
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Conference:
- Fifth National Conference on Transportation Planning Methods Applications-Volume I: A Compendium of Papers Based on a Conference Held in Seattle, Washington in April 1995
- Location: Seattle, Washington
- Date: 1995-4-17 to 1995-4-21
- Publication Date: 1995-6
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: 11p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Case studies; Congestion management systems; Data analysis; Data collection; Mathematical analysis; Methodology; Research; Systems analysis; Transportation
- Identifier Terms: Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991; U.S. Federal Highway Administration
- Old TRIS Terms: Transportation system analysis
- Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Research; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00713729
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Nov 6 1995 12:00AM