Guidebook for Development of Traffic Monitoring Systems for Major Traffic Generators in the State of Texas

The purpose of this guide is to aid the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs), and other state and local agencies to develop an effective traffic monitoring system for new major traffic generators in their metropolitan region. This guidebook will provide you, the transportation planner and engineer, with a better understanding of the considerations that need to be taken when developing a monitoring system for these types of large generators. When a new large traffic generator is constructed in a region, local and sometimes regional traffic patterns are impacted. Regional planners and engineers need accurate, adequate data in order to understand the location and magnitude of the impact. This project looked at the state-of-the-practice in major traffic generator monitoring systems around the country, while focusing on a single, new major traffic generator in the State of Texas. The City of San Antonio gained a Toyota Motor Corporation automobile manufacturing facility in the southern area of its metropolitan region. The opening of this facility provided an opportunity to analyze the impact on transportation in the immediate area and region wide. Since the new traffic generator is located in an isolated area where traffic volumes are light, researchers could more easily monitor changes in traffic characteristics and apply lessons learned to other future mega-traffic generator sites. The results of this effort provide the foundation for this guidebook.

Language

  • English

Media Info

  • Media Type: Web
  • Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
  • Pagination: 40p

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 01143775
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Report/Paper Numbers: Product 0-5531-P3
  • Contract Numbers: Project 0-5531
  • Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
  • Created Date: Nov 10 2009 4:36PM