Identification of Unpredictable Sources of Non-recurring Congestion and Mitigating Strategies (Project A4)

Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) strategies implemented by local and state transportation agencies aim at improving mobility and safety through monitoring, providing traveler information and direct intervention. Congestion management has historically focused on mobility improvements that focus on capacity and quality of service for a typical travel day. TSMO strategies often target reliability of travel and non-recurring congestion, with sources including 1) Incidents, 2) Weather, 3) Work Zones, and 4) Special Events. Many of the sources of congestion are inherently unpredictable events and strategies targeting these causes must be adaptive and timely. These strategies are also often difficult to fully capture the effectiveness as data needs may be very high and analysis methods for the operational strategies differ significantly from traditional transportation projects. This project will focus on the identification of strategies available to address unpredictable congestion as well as guidance on implementation and estimating benefits. The results of this project will provide agencies with a playbook of strategies available to address unreliable travel due to a wide variety of sources of congestion. Agencies can utilize the developed case studies in order to consider pilot testing or wide-scale adoption of successful strategies. The project will develop a set of case studies based on feedback from Southeast DOT stakeholders of strategies which have been at least pilot tested within their agencies. Data will be collected on the goals of the strategy, staffing or contracting needed to implement as well as any estimated benefits the agencies have collected. This will be summarized in a white paper as well as a webinar developed for practitioners within agencies.

• Record URL:
  https://stride.ce.ufl.edu/stride-project-a4/

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $70000
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551747104

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development and Education Center (STRIDE)

  University of Florida
  365 Weil Hall
  Gainesville, FL  United States  32611

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

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

  U.S. Department of Transportation Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E.
  Washington, DC,     20590
• Project Managers:

  Tucker-Thomas, Dawn

• Performing Organizations:

  North Carolina Central University

  1801 Fayetteville St
  Durham, North Carolina  United States  27707
• Principal Investigators:

  Cunningham, Chris

• Start Date: 20180801
• Expected Completion Date: 20221231
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data fusion; Nonrecurrent congestion; Performance measurement; Traffic signals
• Identifier Terms: Arterial Signal Coordination Performance Index
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01768216
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development and Education Center (STRIDE)
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747104
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Mar 25 2021 8:32PM