Incorporating Travel-Time Reliability into the Congestion Management Process: A Primer

This primer explains the value of incorporating travel-time reliability into the Congestion Management Process (CMP) and identifies the most current tools available to assist with this effort. It draws from applied research and best practices from regional agencies nationwide. It emphasizes the importance of expanding the scope of the CMP to include monitoring and addressing non-recurrent congestion utilizing Planning for Operations strategies. It is intended for use by state and metropolitan planning organization (MPO) planners as well as operations managers and analysts who are planning and programming transportation investments to better manage congestion in urban areas.

• Record URL:
  http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop14034/fhwahop14034.pdf
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• Summary URL:
  http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop14034/index.htm
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/29029
• Corporate Authors:

  Kittelson & Associates, Incorporated

  Oakland, CA  United States 

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Dowling, Richard G
  • Parks, Kamala L
  • Nevers, Brandon
  • Josselyn, Jessica
  • Gayle, Steven
• Publication Date: 2015-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 62p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Congestion management systems; Nonrecurrent congestion; Travel time; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01570380
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-HOP-14-034
• Contract Numbers: DTFH61-12-D-00049
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 21 2015 9:38AM