Continuing Recurring/Non-Recurring Congestion Research

Previous Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) research efforts have explored the relative causes of urban congestion. That is, how much congestion is simply the result of too much traffic, and how much is due to incidents of various kinds? Knowledge of the causes of congestion is needed to identify and prioritize funding for the most effective improvements. For example is expansion of incident response capabilities more effective at improving travel time reliability than modifying the ramp metering system? The objective of this research project is to further refine the development of the data sets and analytical tools that allow WSDOT to understand the relative importance of different causes of congestion so that informed funding decisions may be made.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $150000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  T2695-85

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Brodin, Doug

• Performing Organizations:

  University of Washington, Seattle

  Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
  201 More Hall, Box 352700
  Seattle, WA  United States  98195-2700
• Principal Investigators:

  Nihan, Nancy

• Start Date: 20050901
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20070630
• Source Data: RiP Project 10992

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Improvements; Incident detection; Ramp metering; Reliability; Research projects; Traffic congestion; Travel time; Urban areas
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01460681
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Washington State Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: T2695-85
• Files: RIP, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 1:30PM