ATDM Analysis Brief #4: Example Application (Ramp Metering and Demand Management) of ATDM Capacity and Operations Analysis

Overview

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Office of Operations sponsored a research project to develop new and updated methodologies, data sets, and content for the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) that will better reflect the demand and traffic flow behavior that results from the application of Active Transportation and Demand Management (ATDM) concepts and strategies. This project was completed in June 2013.

This is the fourth in a series of informational briefs on ATDM analysis:

  • ATDM Analysis Brief #1 introduced this project.
  • ATDM Analysis Brief #2 described the technical analysis method.
  • ATDM Analysis Brief #3 provides an example application of the analysis method for converting a high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane to a high occupancy toll (HOT) lane with dynamic congestion pricing.
  • ATDM Analysis Brief #4 (the subject of this brief) illustrates the application of the method to travel demand management (TDM) for incident management.

These analysis briefs as well other ATDM program briefs are available on the FHWA Office of Operations Publications page.

Source Organization Location

Washington
,
DC

Operations Area of Practice

    Active Traffic Management (ATM)
    Freeway Management
    Performance Management
    Data Acquisition, Support and Hosting
    System Performance Definition, Monitoring and Reporting
    Traffic Incident Management

Organizational Capability Element

    Performance Management
    Freeway Operations
    Traffic Incident Management
    Active Traffic Management/Travel Demand Management/Pricing
    Technical Understanding
    Program Status/Authorities

Content Type

Informational Product

Role in Organization

Transportation Planner
Senior Engineer
Researcher/Academic
Principal Engineer
Manager / First Line Supervisor
Director / Program Manager
Maintenance Staff
Technician
CEO / GM / Commissioner
Engineer
Operator
Senior Manager
Transit Professional
Associate Engineer
Media / PIO

Publishing Organization

FHWA

Objective

Learning
How-To

Document Downloads

TOM Chapters
20.1
6.5
24.1
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Issue Date
Publication Number
FHWA-HOP-13-037