Planning for Transportation Systems Management and Operations Within Corridors: A Desk Reference

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FHWA-HOP-16-037

September 2016

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction
	Overview of Desk Reference
	Who Should Use this Desk Reference?
	Organization
	Transportation Systems Management and Operations within Corridors
Chapter 2. Planning for Transportation Systems Management and Operations within Corridors
	Why is Planning for Transportation Systems Management and Operations within Corridors Needed?
	Planning Contexts for Transportation Systems Management and Operations within Corridors
	Examples of Current Practices
Chapter 3. Approach to Planning for Transportation Systems Management and Operations within Corridors
	Getting Started – Scoping the Effort and Building a Team
	Gathering Information on Current and Future Context and Conditions
	Developing an Outcome-Oriented Operational Concept
	Identifying Operations Performance Needs, Gaps, and Opportunities
	Developing an Integrated Transportation Systems Management and Operations Approach
	Putting It All Together
Chapter 4. Moving to Implementation: Transportation Systems Management and Operations Within Corridors
	Programming for Transportation Systems Management and Operations within Corridors
	Implementation
Chapter 5. Toolbox for Effective Transportation Systems Management and Operations Planning
	Scenario Planning for Transportation Systems Management and Operations within Corridors
	Use of Archived Operations Data
	Analysis Tools Available for Transportation Systems Management and Operations Planning within Corridors.
Chapter 6. Taking Action

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

List of Tables

Table 1. Sample of transportation systems management and operations strategies relevant to corridors

Table 2. Developing a thorough understanding of the corridor users will help determine possible transportation systems management and operations strategies

Table 3. Illustrative performance measures to guide corridor transportation systems management and operations planning

Table 4. Example transportation systems management and operations strategy identification for a desired outcome of reducing recurring congestion on arterials

Table 5. Strategies included in the Tool for Operations Benefit-Cost Analysis

Table 6. Evaluation results of three traffic incident management strategies