Promoting Economic Development in the Baton Rouge Area, LA: Improving the Performance of the Transportation System through Supply-Oriented, Demand-Oriented and Economic Measures for Mitigating Traffic Congestion

According to the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI) “2015 Annual Mobility Scoreboard” and the Baton Rouge Area Capital Region Industry for Sustainable Infrastructure Solutions (CRISIS), the Baton Rouge area has been suffering from severe traffic congestion that threatens the economic development in the area. Baton Rouge is listed as the third worst for moderate- average-sized urban areas in the category of average commuter annual traffic delay. The I-10 Mississippi River Bridge, Highway 70, Highway 22, and Highway 30 are example facilities/locations suffering from severe breakdowns that expand to the surrounding streets and intersections and extend over prolonged periods. Solving such an acute congestion problem is challenging especially that capacity expansion is an expensive solution. For instance, a recent study showed that a new Mississippi bridge could significantly solve the current bridge’s congestion problem; however, such bridge will cost around $1 billion. Thus, other solutions related to Active Traffic Management (ATM) and the application of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) are of a dire need to be investigated. As such, this study aims to perform network analysis to identify the extent of and identify solutions to the congestion problem at the I-10 Mississippi River Bridge. Based on that, the research team will (a) identify potential supply oriented and demand-oriented solutions in each problematic location, and (b) investigate the anticipated benefits from each solution.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 17ITSLSU09

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $211096
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551747106

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Transportation Consortium of South-Central States (Tran-SET)

  Louisiana State University
  Baton Rouge, LA  United States  70803
• Project Managers:

  Hassan, Marwa

• Performing Organizations:

  Louisiana State University

  3660G Patrick F. Taylor Hall
  Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Baton Rouge, LA  United States  70803

  Oklahoma State University, Stillwater

  School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
  Stillwater, OK  United States  74078

  Louisiana Transportation Research Center

  4101 Gourrier Avenue
  Baton Rouge, LA  United States  70808
• Principal Investigators:

  Ahmed, Samir

  Osman, Osama

  Ishak, Sherif

• Start Date: 20170508
• Expected Completion Date: 20181108
• Actual Completion Date: 20181108
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commuters; Congestion management systems; Demand; Economic development; Operations; Supply; Traffic; Traffic delays
• Geographic Terms: Baton Rouge (Louisiana)
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01635009
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Consortium of South-Central States (Tran-SET)
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747106
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: May 21 2017 10:29AM