MINNESOTA'S TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN
The Minnesota Transportation Commision's comprehensive 11-point, traffic management plan for the Minneapolis/St.Paul metro area is described. The area has the third shortest average commuter drive time in the nation. The 11 points are as follows: (1) the establishment of a Freeway Operations Office charged with traffic management planning, and implementtion of methods and machinery to reduce traffic congestion; (2) highway helper trucks were doubled to 6 to help stranded motorists; (3) a pilot call box project; (4) expansion of driving lanes; (5) expansion of the freeway ramp metering system; (6) creation of accident investigation sites on the Twin Cities most accident-prone freeways; (7) portable, changeable message signs to alert motorists to traffic conditions; (8) a highway advisory radio; (9) a video imaging detector system for traffic data collection; (10) increased traffic monitoring; (11) downtown parking incentives for carpools and high occupancy vehicles.
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Corporate Authors:
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
444 North Capitol Street, NW
Washington, DC United States 20001 -
Authors:
- LAMONT, L
- Publication Date: 1990-4
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 10-11
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Serial:
- AASHTO Quarterly Magazine
- Volume: 69
- Issue Number: 2
- Publisher: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
- ISSN: 0147-4820
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Call boxes (Driver aid devices); Carpools; Driver information systems; High occupancy vehicles; Highway planning; Highway traffic control; Incentives; Metropolitan areas; Parking; Radio; Ramp metering; Traffic; Traffic congestion; Traffic surveillance; Variable message signs; Videotapes
- Geographic Terms: Twin Cities Metropolitan Area (Minnesota)
- Old TRIS Terms: Call boxes; Traffic planning
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00494792
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, ATRI
- Created Date: Jun 30 1990 12:00AM