Form DOT F1700.7 Technical Documentation Page
1. Report No.: FHWA-HOP-06-113
2. Government Accession No.:
3. Recipient's Catalog No.:
4. Title and Subtitle: Planned Special Events: Checklists for Practitioners
5. Report Date: October 2006
6. Performing Organization Code:
7. Authors: Walter M. Dunn, Jr., Steven P. Latoski, Elisabeth Bedsole
8. Performing Organization Report No.:
9. Performing Organization Name and Address:
Dunn Engineering Associates
66 Main Street
Westhampton Beach, New York 11978
10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS):
11. Contract or Grant No.: DTFH61-01-C-00180
12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address:
United States Department of Transportation
Office of Operations, HOTO-1
400 7th Street SW
Washington, DC 20590
13. Type of Report and Period Covered: Final Report
14. Sponsoring Agency Code: HOTO, FHWA
15. Supplementary Notes: Laurel Radow, FHWA Office of Operations, Office of Transportation Operations, Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR). Primer was performed under contract to SAIC.
16. Abstract:
Planned Special Events: Checklists for Practitioners presents a total of six
checklists on event-specific planning for planned special event travel management.
These checklists follow the order in which the topics are presented in Chapters
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 of the Federal Highway Administration handbook, Managing
Travel for Planned Special Events. Each checklist provides common, sequential
steps for plans and activities that practitioners may use for all planned special
events, regardless of the event or area type. However, considering that no two
events have the same effect on surface transportation operations, each step
incorporates several assessments designed to address the effects that planned
special events may have on traffic, parking, pedestrian, and transit operations
that are attributable to variables such as travel demand, road/site capacity,
event operation, available resources, and external factors.
Planned special event practitioners may apply these checklists to a specific planned special event to develop a customized “road map” of essential tasks required to manage transportation operations for the event. Because planned special events practitioners may have different requirements, these checklists have been created in MS Word and are designed to be adaptable to each user’s needs. Therefore, users are encouraged to create copies of this document and modify them by reordering elements within each list or adding to them based on each practitioner’s needs and experiences with the special event planning process. Each checklist is also colored differently for ease of navigation.
It is the goal of this document to be an adaptable tool for practitioners,
one which may be shared among stakeholders and other partners to facilitate
coordination and buy-in. The checklist tools may also serve to guide interagency
planning efforts as it will provide an overview to those stakeholders responsible
for particular steps explaining how their activities fit into the overall planning
process. The checklists are designed specifically to allow the users to move
sections around to meet their needs.
17. Keywords: Planned Special Events; Checklists; Initial Planning Activities; Feasibility Study; Traffic Management Plan; Implementation Activities; Day-of-Event Activities; Post-Event Activities
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