MANAGEMENT OF SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

This synthesis will be of interest to officials of municipal, regional, and statewide transportation agencies who are responsible for the management of surface transportation systems in metropolitan areas. It presents information on the processes used by transportation agencies to monitor, evaluate, and implement a variety of solutions to the management of surface transportation systems. This is a complex and dynamic area of application, and the examples presented herein represent a selection of such applications in 1997. The concept of transportation system management is constantly changing and will continue to change, especially with further implementation of intelligent transportation systems. This report of the Transportation Research Board provides an overview of the generalized process that transportation agencies have found to be effective in managing the various aspects of their transportation systems. Specific case examples of effective management strategies are described for several metropolitan areas including Houston, Seattle, metropolitan New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Minneapolis/St. Paul.

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• Authors:
  • Urbanik II, Thomas
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 32 p.
• Serial:
  • NCHRP Synthesis of Highway Practice
  • Issue Number: 259
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0547-5570

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Ground transportation; Metropolitan areas; Transportation system management
• Geographic Terms: Houston (Texas); Los Angeles (California); Minneapolis (Minnesota); New York (New York); Saint Paul (Minnesota); San Francisco (California); Seattle (Washington)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00752072
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309061172
• Report/Paper Numbers: Project 20-5 FY 1993, Topic 25-12
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 3 1998 12:00AM