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Active Transportation & Demand Management (ATDM)
Concepts and Strategies

November 5, 2014
MTC Auditorium – 101 8th Street
Oakland, CA 94607

Morning Session

8:30 – 8:45 Welcome and Introductions

Beverly Kuhn, Ph.D., P.E. – Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Division Head/Sr. Research Engineer College Station, Texas

Melanie Crotty – Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), Director of Operations Section, San Francisco, CA

8:45 – 9:30 Active Transportation and Demand Management (ATDM) Overview

Greg Jones – USDOT/FHWA Transportation Specialist Office of Operations/Resource Center Washington, D.C. & Atlanta, Georgia

Question and Answer

9:30 – 10:00 History and Progress towards ATDM in San Francisco Bay Area

Facilitator: Beverly Kuhn, Ph.D., P.E. – Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Division Head/Sr. Research Engineer College Station, Texas

Discussion Topics:

  • HOV Master Plan
  • HOT Lane Network
  • Bay Area Managed Lanes Implementation Plan Development
  • ATM in the Bay Area

10:00 – 10:15 Break

10:15 – 11:00 Building Blocks for ATDM

Greg Jones – USDOT/FHWA Transportation Specialist Office of Operations/Resource Center Washington, D.C. & Atlanta, Georgia

  • Planning/Systems Engineering
  • Analysis, Modeling, and Simulation (AMS)
  • Policy
  • Design
  • Implementation
  • Management and Operations
  • Information and Outreach
  • Evaluation

Question and Answer

11:00 – 11:30 Relevant National Research Projects

Beverly Kuhn, Ph.D., P.E. – Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Division Head/Sr. Research Engineer College Station, Texas

  • FHWA Active Traffic Management Feasibility and Screening – This presentation will provide a brief overview of this FHWA project that is nearing completion along with a preview of the screening tool being developed.
  • NCHRP 03-114 – Planning and Evaluating Active Traffic Management Strategies – This presentation will provide an update on the ongoing NCHRP Project 03-114 along with a discussion of pending deliverables and expected timeline for completion.

11:30 – 12:30 Lunch

Afternoon Session

12:30 – 1:45 ATDM Operational and Implementation Peer Experience

Marco Ruano – Caltrans District 7 Freeway Operations Chief, Los Angeles, CA

  • ATM Feasibility Screening, modeling and potential deployment

Morgan Balogh, P.E. – WSDOT Traffic Engineer, Washington State Department of Transportation, Seattle, WA

  • Ramp Metering, Variable Speed Limits, and Queue Warning

Question and Answer

1:45 – 2:30 Active Traffic Management and ATDM in support of Multi-Modal Mobility

Beverly Kuhn, Ph.D., P.E. – Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Division Head/Sr. Research Engineer College Station, Texas

  • Integrated-Corridor Management
  • Managed Lanes
  • Regional Transit Services
  • Park N’Ride

Question and Answer

2:30 – 3:15 Facilitated Discussion on San Francisco's Current Capabilities and Plans for Addressing Congestion Management

Beverly Kuhn, Ph.D., P.E. – Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Division Head/Sr. Research Engineer College Station, Texas

3:15 – 3:30 Break

3:30 – 4:30 Facilitated Discussion on Developing an Action Plan for Planning and Developing an ATDM Program

Facilitator: Greg Jones – USDOT/FHWA Transportation Specialist Office of Operations/Resource Center Washington, D.C. & Atlanta, Georgia

  • Potential corridors/projects/agencies
  • Strategies
  • Key actions

4:30 – 4:45 Wrap Up and Next Steps
Office of Operations