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Managing Travel for Planned Special Events

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  1. Report No: FHWA-OP-04-010
  2. Government Accession No.:
  3. Recipient's Catalog No:
  4. Title and Subtitle: Managing Travel for Planned Special Events
  5. Report Date: September 2003
  6. Performing Organization Code:
  7. Author(s): Steven P. Latoski, Walter M. Dunn, Jr., Bernie Wagenblast, Jeffrey Randall, Matthew D. Walker
  8. Performing Organization Report No.:
  9. Performing Organization Name and Address: Dunn Engineering Associates, P.C., 66 Main Street, Westhampton Beach, NY 11978
  10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS):
  11. Contract or Grant No.: DTFH61-01-C-00180
  12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address: Office of Transportation Management, Federal Highway Administration, 400 Seventh Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20590
  13. Type of Report and Period Covered: Final Report, April 2002 – September 2003
  14. Sponsoring Agency Code: HOTM
  15. Supplementary Notes: Jon Obenberger, FHWA Operations Office of Transportation Management, Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR). Technical report was performed under contract to Science Applications International Corporation.
  16. Abstract: This handbook presents and recommends policies, regulations, planning and operations processes, impact mitigation strategies, equipment and personnel resources, and technology applications used in the advance planning, management, and monitoring of travel for planned special events.

    This handbook was written to assist responsible agencies in managing the ever-increasing number of planned special events impacting transportation system operations in rural, urban, and metropolitan areas. It communicates to a wide audience, assisting readers that possess the following backgrounds: (1) novice planned special event practitioner, (2) experienced planned special event practitioner, (3) local, single-jurisdiction event planning and management, (4) regional, multi-jurisdiction event planning and management.

  17. Key Words: Planned Special Events, Regional Coordination, Permit, Feasibility Study, Traffic Management, Parking Management, Pedestrian Control, Traveler Information, Travel Demand Management, Transit Service, Implementation, Traffic Management Team, Evaluation
  18. Distribution Statement: This document may be distributed without restriction.
  19. Security Classification (of this report): Unclassified
  20. Security Classification (of this page): Unclassified
  21. No. of Pages: 427
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