a collage of eight photos showing a stakeholder meeting, people boarding a bus, a changeable message sign displaying the message race traffic, cars traversing a roadway where barricades delineate travel lanes, a closed-circuit television camera, a crowd of people standing near a train and traversing a pedestrian overpass, two implementation plans, and three traffic management team personnel gathered around a laptop computer

Managing Travel for Planned Special Events

Table of Contents

List of Figures

Figure i-1. Planned Special Event
Figure 1-1. Planned Special Event Patron Arrival
Figure 1-2. Community Promotion of Planned Special Events
Figure 1-3. Media Promotion of Stakeholder Efforts
Figure 2-1. Event Traffic Management
Figure 2-2. Event Operation Characteristics
Figure 2-3. Examples of Planned Special Events
Figure 2-4. Example Regional/Multi-Venue Event
Figure 2-5. Planned Special Event Impact Factors
Figure 2-6. Wisconsin TIME Program Special Event Traffic Management Planning Tool
Figure 2-7. Planned Special Event Stakeholder Groups
Figure 3-1. Event Pedestrian Management
Figure 3-2. Transportation Management Plan Components and Event Planning Team Involvement
Figure 3-3. Planned Special Event Stakeholders
Figure 3-4. Planned Special Event Management Phases and Associated Products
Figure 3-5. Planned Special Event Permit Process
Figure 3-6. Event Operations Planning Process Flowchart
Figure 3-7. Event Operations Planning Schedule
Figure 3-8. Feasibility Study Analysis Steps
Figure 3-9. Parking Demand Analysis Process
Figure 3-10. Traffic Flow Route Assessment Process
Figure 4-1. Closed-Circuit Television Camera on a Stadium Access Road
Figure 4-2. Major Elements of a Framework for Regional Collaboration and Coordination
Figure 4-3. Planned Special Event Permit Process
Figure 5-1. Event Planning Team Meeting
Figure 5-2. Nevada State Route 168 Closure During Motorcycle Rally
Figure 5-3. Event Operations Planning Schedule
Figure 5-4. Chicago Resident Permit Parking Program Enforcement
Figure 5-5. Feasibility Study Analysis Steps
Figure 5-6. Commuter Rail Modal Split
Figure 5-7. Event Patron Departure from a Discrete/Recurring Event at a Permanent Venue
Figure 5-8. Pre-Event Activity
Figure 5-9. Example Travel Time Analysis
Figure 5-10. Parking Demand Analysis Process
Figure 5-11. Designated Event Off-Site Parking Area
Figure 5-12. Local Area Planned Special Event Parking Restriction
Figure 5-13. Example Preliminary Road Segment Capacity Analysis
Figure 5-14. CORSIM Simulation Animation
Figure 5-15. Stadium Reconstruction
Figure 5-16. Site and Pedestrian Accommodation Plan for Stadium Reconstruction
Figure 5-17. Contingency Parking Plan for Weather
Figure 5-18. Internet Summary of Road Construction and Planned Special Events
Figure 6-1. Temporary Reversible Lane Operation
Figure 6-2. Traffic Management Team Command Centers on the Day-of-Event
Figure 6-3. Fundamental Relationships in Transportation System Operations
Figure 6-4. Planned Special Event Activity Networks
Figure 6-5. Street Vendor Activity
Figure 6-6. Freeway CMS Displaying Parking Information
Figure 6-7. Guide Sign for Reserved Parking Areas
Figure 6-8. Temporary Parking Area Identification Landmark
Figure 6-9. Shoulder Utilization
Figure 6-10. Lane Channelization
Figure 6-11. Access Road Traffic Pattern During Event Egress
Figure 6-12. Queuing System Schematic
Figure 6-13. Permanent Venue Gate and Queue Storage Lanes
Figure 6-14. Minimizing Pedestrian/Vehicular Conflicts in Parking Areas
Figure 6-15. Parking Restriction Signs
Figure 6-16. Annotated Aerial Map of Venue Site
Figure 6-17. Downtown Area Venue Parking Map
Figure 6-18. Mode Transfer Point
Figure 6-19. At-Grade Pedestrian Crossings Adjacent to a Venue Gate
Figure 6-20. Pedestrian Crossing Barrier
Figure 6-21. Pedestrian Traffic Monitoring Via CCTV
Figure 6-22. Pedestrian Access Route and Emergency Access Route
Figure 6-23. Temporary Pedestrian Bridge
Figure 6-24. Road Closure Adjacent to Event Venue
Figure 6-25. Staffed Mid-block Crossing
Figure 6-26. Special Event Disabled Parking Area Access Point
Figure 6-27. Shuttle Bus Service Promotion
Figure 6-28. On-Site Shuttle Bus Station
Figure 6-29. Parade Staging Area
Figure 6-30. Corridor Target Points
Figure 6-31. Multiple Local Traffic Flow Routes
Figure 6-32. Traffic Flow Route Assessment Process
Figure 6-33. Background Traffic Diversion
Figure 6-34. Dynamic Route Guidance Sign
Figure 6-35. Accommodation of Traffic Destined to Major Generators
Figure 6-36. Exclusive Bus Route
Figure 6-37. Bus Priority Lane
Figure 6-38. Portable Changeable Message Sign
Figure 6-39. Temporary Elimination of Freeway Weaving Area
Figure 6-40. Prohibition of Late Freeway Diverge
Figure 6-41. Remote Traffic Surveillance and Management
Figure 6-42. Daily Reversible Lane Operation
Figure 6-43. Daily Contraflow Operation
Figure 6-44. Contraflow Operation during Event Traffic Egress
Figure 6-45. Temporary Reversible Lane Operation with Lane Control Signals
Figure 6-46. Route Marker Sign
Figure 6-47. Introduction of Route Marker Sign Symbols
Figure 6-48. Daytona Beach (FL) Transportation Management Center
Figure 6-49. Portable Traffic Management System
Figure 6-50. Elimination of Competing Intersection Traffic Flow
Figure 6-51. Turning Movement Lane Balance
Figure 6-52. Road Block of Ingress Route to Facilitate Egress
Figure 6-53. Intersection Advance Signing
Figure 6-54. Positive Traffic Control
Figure 6-55. Portable CCTV Camera Mounted on Traffic Signal Pole
Figure 6-56. Permanent CMS Over Stadium Access Road
Figure 6-57 Portable CCTV Camera for Freeway Surveillance
Figure 6-58 Portable Lighting
Figure 6-59 Congestion Warning Sign
Figure 6-60 Service Patrol Vehicle
Figure 6-61 Highway Advisory Radio Traveler Safety Message
Figure 7-1. Planned Special Event Express Bus Service from Park and Ride Lot
Figure 7-2. High Occupancy Vehicle Incentive
Figure 7-3. High Occupancy Vehicle Parking Incentive
Figure 7-4. Venue Website Survey on Event Patron Incentives
Figure 7-5. Event Patron Incentive
Figure 7-6. Bicycle Parking Area
Figure 7-7. Traffic Information Dissemination Via a Public Agency Website
Figure 7-8. Telephone Information System Menu Structure
Figure 7-9. Promotion of 511 Service on Event Website
Figure 7-10. Public Information Campaign Promotion
Figure 7-11. Public Information Campaign Brochure
Figure 7-12. Television Travel Report
Figure 8-1. Personnel Monitoring of Arterial Ramp Closure
Figure 8-2. Planned Special Event Implementation Plans
Figure 9-1. Traffic Management Team Day-of-Event Interaction
Figure 9-2. Unified Command Organization for Planned Special Events
Figure 9-3. Planned Special Event Command Post
Figure 9-4. Internet Traveler Information
Figure 10-1. Field Observation of Traffic Management Plan Implementation
Figure 10-2. Electronic Vehicle Counter Installation
Figure 10-3. Maintenance of Freeway Service Patrol Assist Log
Figure 10-4. Indiana State Police Debriefing Protocol for Brickyard 400
Figure 10-5. TMC Meeting Room
Figure 11-1. Discrete/Recurring Event at a Permanent Venue: Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, CA
Figure 11-2. Event Operations Planning Process Flowchart
Figure 12-1. Continuous Event: Summerfest Music Festival in Milwaukee, WI
Figure 12-2. Event Operations Planning Process Flowchart
Figure 13-1. Street Use Event: New York City Cycling Championship
Figure 13-2. Event Operations Planning Process Flowchart
Figure 14-1. Regional/Multi-Venue Event: Bradley Center, U.S. Cellular Arena, and Midwest Airlines Center (convention center) Adjacent to 4th Street in Milwaukee, WI
Figure 14-2. Event Operations Planning Process Flowchart
Figure 15-1. Rural Event: U.S. Open Championship in Southampton, NY
Figure 15-2. Event Operations Planning Process Flowchart