Urban Mobility Study

The objective of this project is to 1) form a Steering Committee, which will decide on the congestion reduction methods to include in the new methodology and which cities will be included in study; 2) continuously Refine the Congestion Index to include multimodal operations or regional operational improvement programs (i.e., ITS service, incident detection and response, travel demand management, transportation systems management, and computerized signal control coordination; 3) maintain Existing Congestion Measures; and 4) add Additional Urban Areas 5) Respond to Requests for Mobility Data.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Pooled Fund study partners include Departments of Transportation from the following states: CA, CO, MD, MN, NY, OR, PA, TX, and WA.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Contract Numbers:

  SPR-3(049)

  8-8031

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Texas Department of Transportation

  11th and Brazos Streets
  Austin, TX  United States  78701
• Project Managers:

  Contreras, Gabriel

• Performing Organizations:

  Texas A&M Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System
  3135 TAMU
  College Station, TX  United States  77843-3135
• Principal Investigators:

  Lomax, Timothy

• Start Date: 20030501
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• Source Data: RiP Project 8191

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Congestion management systems; Intelligent transportation systems; Mobility; Public transit; Research projects; Traffic congestion; Travel demand management; Urban areas
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01460903
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Texas Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: SPR-3(049), 8-8031
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 1:34PM