Guide for Highway Capacity and Operations Analysis of Active Transportation and Demand Management Strategies

Overview

Introduction

ATDM is the dynamic management, control, and influence of travel demand, traffic demand, and traffic flow of transportation facilities. Through the use of available tools and assets, traffic flow is managed and traveler behavior is influenced in real-time to achieve operational objectives, such as preventing or delaying breakdown conditions, improving safety, promoting sustainable travel modes, reducing emissions, or maximizing system efficiency. Under an ATDM approach, the transportation system is continuously monitored. Using archived data and/or predictive methods, actions are performed in real-time to achieve or maintain system performance. ATDM is a transportation-specific application of Active Management. Active Management is the fundamental concept of taking a dynamic approach to a performance-based process which is routinely used in many other industry sectors such electrical utilities, telecommunications, information technology network management.

 

Content Type
Research
Issue Date
Insitutional, Organizational, and Process
Planning Analysis Tools
Tactical Element
Traffic Incident Management
Traffic Incident Management
Active Management and TSMO
TOM Chapters
24.1
20.1
6.5
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Role in Organization
Transportation Planner
Senior Engineer
Principal Engineer
Manager / First Line Supervisor
Director / Program Manager
Technician
Engineer
Operator
Senior Manager
Transit Professional
Associate Engineer
Publishing Organization
FHWA
Objective
Learning
Publication
FHWA-HOP-13-042
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