CONGESTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: AN APPROACH TO DETERMINE CONGESTION AND PRIORITIZE CONGESTED AREAS

Congestion in urban areas can result from excessive traffic or incidents that interrupt the flow of traffic. Congestion in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is due to land use practices, zoning, limited availability of public transportation, and increased automobile usage. Congestion in Tulsa is areawide as well as location specific and varies with time. Therefore, measuring congestion spatially and temporally is important. This paper defines congestion and describes an approach used by the Tulsa Transportation Management Area to prioritize needs. A congestion management work plan was adopted, which identifies six tasks: 1) define congestion and establish performance standards, 2) measure congestion, 3) identify and evaluate funded and planned improvements, 4) examine additional congestion relief measures, 5) establish congestion management plan, and 6) monitor implementation and effectiveness of the congestion management plan. This paper, which appears in a compendium of conference papers, focuses on task 1.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Additional support was provided by the Puget Sound Regional Council and King County, Washington.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  Washington State Department of Transportation

  Transportation Building, 310 Maple Park Avenue SE, P.O. Box 47300
  Olympia, WA  United States  98504-7300
• Authors:
  • Putta, V K
  • Henderson, M
• Conference:
  • Fifth National Conference on Transportation Planning Methods Applications: A Compendium of Papers Based on a Conference Held in Seattle, Washington in April 1995
  • Location: Seattle, Washington
  • Date: 1995-4-17 to 1995-4-21
• Publication Date: 1995-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Tables;
• Pagination: 8p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Definitions; Improvements; Management; Measurement; Planning; Quality of work; Strategic planning; Traffic congestion; Transportation modes; Transportation planning
• Geographic Terms: Tulsa (Oklahoma)
• Old TRIS Terms: Management planning
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00713739
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Nov 10 1995 12:00AM