Planning for Transportation Systems Management and Operations Within Corridors: A Desk Reference
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September 2016
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List of Figures
| Figure 1. Photo. Corridor in urban area which may handle a dynamic mix of vehicle traffic, transit services, bicyclists, and pedestrians |
| Figure 2. Photo. The Dulles Corridor in Northern Virginia is an example of a corridor defined around a major highway and passenger rail spine with adjoining roadways, park-and-ride facilities, and surrounding business and residential land uses |
| Figure 3. Map. Dulles Corridor includes multiple parallel roads, bus lines, rail, and a multi-use trail |
| Figure 4. Photo. TSMO strategies within rural corridors may include multistate traveler information for long-haul truck drivers related to weather, incidents, and road closures |
| Figure 5. Diagram. Transportation systems management and operations planning within a corridor occurs in a wide range of planning contexts from multistate to strategy-focused planning |
| Figure 6. Graphic. Context for transportation systems management and operations planning within corridors |
| Figure 7. Map. The Interstate 80 Integrated Corridor Mobility Project area map in California |
| Figure 8. Diagram. Approach to planning for transportation systems management and operations within corridors |
| Figure 9. Diagram. The “Getting Started – Scoping the Effort and Building a Team” activity of the approach for planning for transportation systems management and operations within corridors |
| Figure 10. Diagram. The framework for collaboration and coordination within a corridor |
| Figure 11. Diagram. The activity, “Gathering Information on Current and Future Contexts and Conditions,” of the approach for planning for transportation systems management and operations within corridors |
| Figure 12. Diagram. The activity, “Developing an Outcome-Oriented Operational Concept,” of the approach for planning for transportation systems management and operations within corridors |
| Figure 13. Image. Cover of Federal Highway Administration’s Advancing Metropolitan Planning for Operations Desk Reference |
| Figure 14. Diagram. Illustrative objectives tree for corridor-based transportation systems management and operations |
| Figure 15. Diagram. The activity, “Identifying Operations Performance Needs, Gaps, and Opportunities,” of the approach for planning for transportation systems management and operations within corridors |
| Figure 16. Diagram. The activity, “Developing an Integrated Transportation Systems Management and Operations Approach,” of the approach for planning for transportation systems management and operations within corridors |
| Figure 17. Flowchart. Wisconsin Department of Transportation Traffic Operations Infrastructure Plan methodology for identifying priority corridors and related transportation systems management and operations strategies for achieving the corridor management vision |
| Figure 18. Map. Milwaukee-Green Bay corridor transportation systems management and operations deployment density |
| Figure 19. Diagram. The activity, “Programming for Transportation Systems Management and Operations within Corridors,” of the approach for planning for transportation systems management and operations within corridors |
| Figure 20. Chart. Genesee Transportation Council’s mode-specific project evaluation criteria for transportation systems management and operations projects |
| Figure 21. Diagram. The activity, “Implementing,” of the approach for planning for transportation systems management and operations within corridors |
| Figure 22. Graph. Corridor planning within the systems engineering “V” model |
| Figure 23. Diagram. Regional intelligent transportation systems architecture use in corridor planning |
| Figure 24. Diagram. The activity, “Monitoring and Maintaining Level of Operations over Time,” of the approach for planning for transportation systems management and operations within corridors |
| Figure 25. Diagram. Example process for automated corridor performance measurement |
| Figure 26. Diagram. Phases of scenario planning for transportation systems management and operations |
| Figure 27. Screenshot. Traffic Incident Management Benefit-Cost Tool navigation page with panels linking to all eight sub-tools |
| Figure 28. Screenshot. Key user interface for the Safety Service Patrol Benefit-Cost sub-tool |
| Figure 29. Graphic. Origin-destination-level travel time in different weather scenarios |
| Figure 30. Graphic. Network-level travel time in different incident scenarios |
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