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Oregon: Lessons learned from 2017 Solar Eclipse

On August 21, 2017, a total solar eclipse moved west to east across the United States, covering fourteen states. This was a special event that required extensive planning by transportation agencies across the United States. It is important to look back at the 2017 Total Eclipse to see how state a

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Original Laboratory Experiment

The objectives of the first utility function laboratory study were (1) to assess the value participants placed on traveler information, and specifically reliability information, within the context of a simulated time-constrained trip, and (2) to determine whether having reliability information he

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OSADP Adds More Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Applications for Download!

The Open Source Application Development Portal (OSADP) is a web-based portal which provides access to and supports the collaboration, development and use of open source transportation-related applications.  Together, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) and OSADP facilitate the adva

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Peer Exchange/AASHTO Day at the Melbourne World Congress

The 23rd ITS World Congress in Melbourne (October 10-14) included the 13th Annual AASHTO International Day, a convening of transportation professionals from around the world to discuss the latest innovations in ITS that are having a significant impact on transportation systems management and oper

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Planning for the April 8, 2024 Total Solar Eclipse

The article highlights lessons from the 2017 total solar eclipse to improve traffic management for the 2024 eclipse. It notes that around 5 million people traveled to view the eclipse, mostly by car, leading to significant traffic congestion on interstates and rural routes. Efforts were made to m

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Planning for Transportation Systems Management and Operations Within Corridors: A Desk Reference

This Desk Reference is designed to equip State, regional, and local transportation operations and planning professionals with the knowledge and tools necessary to effectively plan for and implement TSMO within a corridor context. Its purpose is to support transportation planners and operations st

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Portland Metro Travel Demand Model

This artifact contains all of the files that comprise the Metro Travel Demand Model, including source code that has been updated to integrate DynusT/FAST-TrIPs skims in Mode Choice.
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Portland Subarea Baseline

This document compiles 50 iterations for the Portland subarea baseline for the capacity project C05.
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Project C05 DTALite Portland Subarea Inputs

This file contains several inputs to the Portland DTALite model used in Project C05 to model the study area.

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