Practical Congestion Relief for Mid-Sized Regions

This report looks at congestion trends, causes of congestion, and the transportation plans of 26 mid-sized urbanized regions in the U.S. It reviews proposed projects in light of traffic forecasts and evaluates their costs and impact on congestion. Recommendations for improving the effectiveness of transportation plans are included for use at the local, state, and federal level.

• Record URL:
  http://reason.org/files/congestion_relief_mid_sized_regions.pdf
• Record URL:
  http://reason.org/files/mid_sized_city_congestion_key_statistics.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Summary of Key Statistics is included in a separate document (52p.) at the provided URL.
• Corporate Authors:

  Reason Foundation

  5737 Mesmer Avenue
  Los Angeles, CA  United States  90230
• Authors:
  • Hartgen, David T
  • San Jose, Elizabeth
  • Cox, Caleb A
  • Fields, M Gregory
• Publication Date: 2014-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 91p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Congestion management systems; Costs; Forecasting; Government agencies; Recommendations; Traffic congestion; Transportation planning; Trend (Statistics); Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01544656
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Policy Study 435
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 24 2014 3:28PM