APPLYING TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES TO DOWNTOWN WASHINGTON, D. C.

For a period of 18 months, the District of Columbia Department of Transportation has actively involved in developing the transportation element of the Master Plan for Downtown Washington. The transportation element relies heavily on the transportation system management (TSM) philosophy and includes transit enhancement, ridesharing incentives, and pedestrian improvements that work together to create a better-functioning environment for all modes and for all activities vital to a successful downtown. In addition, it complements and is dependent on transportation actions occurring in other sections of the District. These include the growing Metrorail system, the parking enforcement program, and the neighborhood TSM program. An analysis was conducted to determine the transportation impacts of the proposed land use changes for the year 2000. This included an assessment of the Metrorail and road system capacities, parking levels needed to ensure mode-split objectives, and an identification of and a plan to reduce conflicts between pedestrians, automobiles, transit services, and delivery vehicles. This effort has produced a plan that is currently being implemented. Elements of the plan include a street classification system, pedestrian enhancements, streetscape design guidelines, sidewalk cafe legislation, public transit and ridesharing enhancement and promotion, a parking management program, and regulations covering the movement of goods.

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• Authors:
  • Simkowitz, Howard J
  • Southern, Valerie
• Conference:
  • 62nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1983-1-17 to 1983-1-21
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1-10
• Monograph Title: URBAN TRAFFIC SYSTEMS
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 906
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Land use; Mobility; Parking regulations; Pedestrian flow; Public transit; Rapid transit; Ridesharing; Transportation system management; Urban areas; Urban goods movement
• Geographic Terms: Washington (District of Columbia)
• Old TRIS Terms: Parking restrictions
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00380151
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309035201
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Dec 30 1983 12:00AM