IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM, URBAN CORRIDOR DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND MARYLAND

The Washington Urban Corridor Demonstration Program sought to improve peak period travel conditions through improving transportation system efficiency by the implementation of coordinated, complementary low capital projects. This report is the last in a series of three; the first report in the series was the Planning Study; the second report was on an Immediate Action Program. Projects in this implementation Program Final Report include a bus lane, express bus service, a transfer terminal, fringe parking, carpooling, and Dial-A-Ride. Monitoring and public information activities are also included. The Program demonstrated that coordinated transportation projects improve peak period transportation. /FHWA/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Spondored by the Federal Highway Administration, DOT.
• Corporate Authors:

  Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

  1225 Connecticut Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Authors:
  • Moreland, P B
• Publication Date: 1976-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 200 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus lanes; Carpools; Demonstration projects; Express buses; Implementation; Paratransit services; Park and ride; Peak periods; Transportation corridors; Transportation planning; Transportation system management; Urban growth; Urban transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: Demonstration; Low costs; Urban corridors
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Research; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00165759
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-FH-11-7973 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-11-7933
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 29 1981 12:00AM