Freeway Management and Operations Handbook

List of Tables

Table 1-1.	Handbook Contributors – Freeway Operations Committee Task Force
Table 1-2.	Measured Benefits of Freeway Management
Table 1-3.	Physical Factors Affecting Roadway Capacity and Operations
Table 1-4.	Key Themes for Freeway Management & Operations
Table 2-1.	Selected Criteria – "Self-Assessment Process for Roadway Operations and System Management"
Table 3-1.	Candidate Stakeholders
Table 3-2.	Key Systems Engineering Questions
Table 4-1.	Performance Measures
Table 4-2.	Recommended Performance Measures from NCHRP #311
Table 5-1.	Physical Factors Affecting Roadway Capacity and Operations
Table 7-1.	Freeway Management and Operations Activities and Their Relationship to Ramp Management
Table 7-2.	Summary of Ramp Metering Benefits
Table 7-3.	Twin Cities, Minnesota Ramp Metering System Summary
Table 8-1.	Truck Lane Restriction Experiences
Table 8-2.	Summary of Impacts from Truck Restrictions
Table 8-3.	Characteristics of Contraflow HOV Lanes on Grade-Separated Facilities in the New York Metropolitan Area
Table 8-4.	Advantages and Disadvantages of Toll Road Financing
Table 8-5a.	Barriers to Congestion Pricing Implementation: Technical
Table 8-5b.	Barriers to Congestion Pricing Implementation: Social and Political
Table 8-6.	Relationship of Technologies to Strategies
Table 8-7.	Relationship of Strategies to Typical Objectives
Table 8-8.	Elimination of Strategies that Do Not Meet Project Objectives
Table 9-1.	Freeway Management and Operations Activities and Their Relationship to HOV Treatments
Table 9-2.	Agencies and Groups Involved in Developing an HOV Operation and Enforcement Plan
Table 9-3.	Summary of HOV Marketing Manual
Table 9-4.	Suggested Objectives and Measures of Effectiveness for HOV Facilities
Table 10-1.	Traffic Incident Management Self-Assessment Questions
Table 10-2.	WSDOT Incident Response Database Elements
Table 11-1.	Planned Special Event Categories and Characteristics
Table 11-2.	Traffic Incident Management Program Assessment Questions Relative to Managing Planned Special Events
Table 11-3a.	Tools for Mitigating Planned Special Event Impacts on Transportation System Operations: Traffic Control and Capacity Improvements
Table 11-3b.	Tools for Mitigating Planned Special Event Impacts on Transportation System Operations: Freeway Management
Table 11-3c.	Tools for Mitigating Planned Special Event Impacts on Transportation System Operations: Travel Demand Management
Table 11-4.	Traffic Management Plan Components
Table 11-5.	Travel Demand Management Initiatives
Table 12-1.	Planning Process for Emergency Management
Table 12-2.	DOT Emergency Management Functions
Table 12-3.	Emergency Management Considerations for Freeway Management
Table 12-4.	Steps for Conducting a Vulnerability Assessment of Highway Transportation Assets
Table 12-5.	Potential Countermeasures
Table 13-1.	Freeway Management and Operations Activities and Their Relationship to Information Dissemination
Table 13-2.	Applications of CMSs
Table 14-1.	Freeway Management Activities and Their Relationship to TMCs
Table 14-2.	Common LAN Topology Advantages and Disadvantages
Table 14-3.	Client / Server Definitions
Table 14-4.	ITS Data Relevant for Archiving
Table 14-5.	Outline – Concept of Operations
Table 14-6.	List of Possible Generic Functions Performed in Freeway Management TMCs
Table 14-7.	Criteria for Assigning Functions to Humans and Machines
Table 14-8a.	Staffing Requirement for Regional TMC in Rochester, NY: Typical Staffing Distribution Requirements (Monday – Friday)
Table 14-8b.	Staffing Requirement for Regional TMC in Rochester, NY: Typical Staffing Distribution Requirements (Saturday)
Table 14-8c.	Staffing Requirement for Regional TMC in Rochester, NY: Typical Staffing Distribution Requirements (Sunday)
Table 14-9.	Operators Manual Table of Comments
Table 14-10.	Baselines in the System Life Cycle
Table 15-1.	Freeway Management Activities and Their Relationship to Detection
Table 15-2.	Strengths and Weaknesses of Commercially Available Sensor Technologies
Table 15-3.	Traffic Output Data (Typical), Communications Bandwidth, and Cost of Commercially Available Sensors
Table 16-1.	Steps for Developing a Regional ITS Architecture
Table 16-2.	Self-Assessment Criteria for Regional Integration
Table 16-3.	Message Sets for Current Event Information
Table 16-4.	Common Types of Agreements
Table 16-5.	TRANSCOM Member Agencies
Table 16-6.	Spokane Regional Transportation Management Goals