Freeway Management Program
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Freeway Management Program

Publications

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Freeway Management Trends

The Freeway Management Trends is a quarterly publication prepared by the FHWA Office of Operations Freeway Management Program in order to report on initiatives and developments aimed at freeway operations and traffic management and to provide a platform for practitioners engaged and interested in activities focusing on the use of integrated and coordinated freeway systems and proactive freeway management to improve the safety efficiency and reliability of travel on the nation's freeway facilities.

Freeway Operations and Traffic Management

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Configuration Management

  • Configuration Management for Transportation Management Systems Handbook, FHWA-OP-04-013, EDL No. 13885 (HTML, PDF 5.15MB)
  • A Guide to Configuration Management for Intelligent Transportation Systems, FHWA-OP-02-048,EDL No. 13622
  • Configuration Management for Transportation Management Systems Primer, FHWA-OP-04-014, EDL No. 13886 (HTML, PDF 468KB)
  • Configuration Management for Transportation Management Systems Brochure, FHWA-OP-04-016, EDL No. 13888 (HTML, PDF 217KB)
  • Configuration Management for Transportation Management Systems Fact Sheet, FHWA-OP-04-017, EDL No. 13889 (HTML, PDF 113KB)
  • Configuration Management for Transportation Management Systems Technical Presentation (HTML, PPT 387KB)

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Transportation Management Centers (TMC)

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Ramp Management

  • Ramp Management and Control Handbook
    • Handbook, FHWA-HOP-06-001, EDL No. 14242 (HTML, PDF 7.3MB)
    • A Primer, FHWA-HOP-06-080 (HTML, PDF 2MB)
    • Brochure, FHWA-HOP-06-081 (HTML, PDF 361KB)
    • Project Fact Sheet, FHWA-HOP-06-082 (HTML, PDF 335KB)
    • Frequently Asked Questions, FHWA-HOP-06-083 (HTML, PDF 1.1MB)

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Managed Lanes and HOV Facilities

Managed Lanes

  • New Item 8/5/09 Policy Options Evaluation Tool for Managed Lanes (POET-ML) Users Guide and Methodology Description (HTML, PDF 1.7MB) - Intended for an audience of transportation professionals responsible for planning, designing, funding, operating, enforcing, monitoring, and managing HOV and HOT lanes, and considering conversion of HOV to HOT lanes. (Publication Number: FHWA-HOP-09-031)
  • "Moving Forward with Managed Lane," Resource CD Toolbox, FHWA-HOP-07-030 - This toolbox includes a 10-minute video on an overview of managed lanes concept including highlights of real world applications. Contact Jessie.Yung@dot.gov for a copy.
  • Managed Lanes: A Cross-Cutting Study, November 2004, FHWA-HOP-05-037 (HTML, PDF 1.5MB)
  • Managed Lanes: A Primer, FHWA-HOP-05-031 (HTML, PDF 2.2MB)
  • Public Roads Article: Managed Lanes, November 2004

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HOV Facilities

  • New Item 7/27/09 A Review of HOV Lane Performance and Policy Options in the United States - Final Report (HTML, PDF 2.4MB) (Publication Number: FHWA-HOP-09-029) - The report provides an assessment of performance of existing HOV lane facilities in the United States, and explores policy alternatives and effects related to conversion of existing HOV lanes to HOT lane operations.
  • New Item 7/27/09 A Compendium of Existing HOV Lane Facilities in the United States (HTML, PDF 2.1MB) (Publication Number: FHWA-HOP-09-030) - The compendium provides an assembly of available information on existing HOV lane facilities in the United States. The compendium is intended as a reference resource for an audience of transportation professionals responsible for planning, designing, funding, operating, enforcing, monitoring, and managing HOV and HOT lanes, and other stakeholders in policy decisions for improving HOV lane and highway mainline operations through conversion to HOT lanes.
  • Considerations for High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lane to High Occupancy Toll (HOT) Lane Conversions Guidebook (HTML, PDF 2.2MB) - The intent of this study is to explore the planning, design, and ongoing operation and maintenance of HOT facilities and to provide lessons learned and applicable technical guidance that will assist the state and local transportation planners and designers in determining the conditions where HOV conversion to HOT lanes is feasible. The guidebook provides a summary of the best practices and lessons learned from those HOT facilities currently in operation.
  • Federal-Aid Highway Program Guidance on High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lanes - August 2008
  • Houston Managed Lanes Case Study: The Evolution of the Houston HOV System (HTML, PDF 827KB)
  • New Jersey I-80 & I-287 HOV Lane Case Study: Executive Edition, EDL No. 13157 (PDF 99.5 KB)
  • New Jersey I-80 & I-287 HOV Lane Case Study, EDL No. 12963 (PDF 260KB)
  • Effects of Changing HOV Lane Occupancy Requirements: El Monte Busway Case Study, FHWA-OP-03-002, EDL No. 13692 (HTML, PDF 2.43MB)
  • Executive Report: Effects of Changing HOV Lane Occupancy Requirements: El Monte Busway Case Study, FHWA-OP-03-001, EDL No. 13679 (HTML, PDF 1.33MB)
  • An Assessment of HOV Facilities in America, August 1992 (PDF 1.3MB)
  • HOV Marketing Manual, April 1994 (PDF 56KB)
  • Operational Design Guidelines for HOV Lanes in Arterial Roadways, November 1994 (PDF 3.9MB)
  • Predicting HOV Lane Demand, August 1996 (PDF 4.2MB)
  • Use of Videotape in HOV Lane Surveillance and Enforcement, March 1990 (PDF 4.1MB)
  • HOV Lane Violation Study, January 1990 (PDF 4.2MB)
  • HOV System Development in the U.S., December 1990 (PDF 886KB)
  • Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on High-Occupancy Vehicle Systems, October 2002, FHWA-OP-03-100, EDL No. 13810 (HTML, PDF 2.25MB)

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