Effectiveness of Urban Partnership Agreement Traffic Operations Measures in the I-35W Corridor

One of the leading transportation project initiatives of the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is to reduce transportation system congestion. The Minneapolis Urban Partnership Agreement (UPA) project is one of the five major projects funded by the U.S. DOT’s Strategy to Reduce Congestion on America's Transportation Network. Minnesota’s UPA is concerned with Active Traffic Management (ATM) systems along I-35W from the southern junction with I-35 to downtown Minneapolis (which will be referred to as the UPA corridor). Three separate but related evaluations are included in this UPA related project: the effects of the variable speed limit (VSL) system on congestion and driver behavior, the impact of severe weather conditions on road safety, and the behavior of bus rapid transit (BRT) vehicles and their impacts on traffic conditions between 46th Street and Lake Street.

• Record URL:
  http://www.cts.umn.edu/Publications/ResearchReports/pdfdownload.pl?id=2318
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the Department of Transportation University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

  Minnesota Traffic Observatory, Department of Civil Engineering
  500 Pillsbury Drive, SE
  Minneapolis, MN  United States  55455

  University of Minnesota, Duluth

  Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 10 University Drive
  Duluth, MN  United States  55812

  University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

  Center for Transportation Studies, 511 Washington Avenue, SE
  Minneapolis, MN  United States  55455

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• Authors:
  • Hourdos, John
  • Zitzow, Stephen
  • Abou, Seraphin Chally
• Publication Date: 2013-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 142p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus rapid transit; Highway safety; Highway traffic; Highway traffic control; Partnerships; Urban areas; Variable speed limits; Weather conditions
• Uncontrolled Terms: Active traffic management
• Geographic Terms: Minnesota
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01493495
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: CTS 13-22
• Files: UTC, TRIS, RITA, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 4 2013 4:19PM