Corridor and Arterial Traffic Management

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Designing for Transportation Management and Operations: A Primer

This primer is focused on designing for operations; i.e., the collaborative and systematic consideration of management and operations during transportation project design and development. Effectively designing for operations involves the development and application of design policies, procedures,

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Advancing Metropolitan Planning For Operations

The Desk Reference contains more than 200 examples of customizable operations objectives that can be incorporated into transportation planning documents.

One-page fact sheets link these sample objectives to performance measures, data needs, M&O strategies, and possible safety impact

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Standards & Recommended Practices

Rural Interstate Corridor Communications Study-Report to States

This document is the second of two reports that explore the potential for the use of rural Interstate Highway corridor rights-of-way for the deployment of fiber optic cable and/or wireless communication infrastructure, across multiple States linked by the Interstate Highway system.  The firs

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Standards & Recommended Practices

Operation of Traffic Signal Systems in Oversaturated Conditions

This research project included work in several areas related to the operation of traffic signal systems in oversaturated traffic conditions. Some of the strategies and methods addressed in the guide include metering, gating, turn restrictions, dynamic lane control or assignment, offset weighting,

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Research

Design Guidance for Channelized Right-Turn Lanes

This report documents and presents the results of research to develop design guidance for channelized right-turn lanes. Observational field studies were conducted at 35 intersection approaches in cities to assess pedestrian crossing behavior, motorist yield behavior, and the interaction between p

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Traffic Analysis Toolbox Volume XIV: Guidebook on the Utilization of Dynamic Traffic Assignment in Modeling

The use of Dynamic Traffic Assignment (DTA) in transportation modeling is an emerging analysis approach around the world. The benefits of applying DTA in transportation analysis increase with network size and level of congestion. This guidebook presents principles and direction that can be consis

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Case Studies & Lessons Learned

Case Studies in Using Reliability Performance Measures in Transportation Planning

This technical memorandum provides information from six sample case studies performed under the project for the Knoxville Regional Transportation Planning Organization, Florida Department of Transportation, Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority, Southeast Michigan Council of Goverments,

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Presentation

Presentation on Incorporating Reliability Performance Measures into the Transportation Planning and Programming Processes

This summary presentation summarizes the five key steps to incorporating reliability performance measures into the transportation planning and programming processes

The overall project was to develop the technical procedures for state DOTs and MPOs to fully integrate mobility and reliab

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Research

Guide to Incorporating Reliability Performance Measures into the Transportation Planning and Programming Processes

This Guide is intended to be a high-level reference document for transportation planners, operators, and system managers. The reliability of the transportation system refers to the uncertainty or variability that system users experience in the time it takes to travel from one place to another—fro

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