What COVID-19 Travel Reductions Tells Us About Effective Congestion Relief
This research addresses limitations in the ability of MnDOT and its partners to estimate the traffic impacts of reduced travel demand. Although the correlation between regional vehicle miles traveled (VMT) and congestion is intuitive and well understood, there is much uncertainty at the margins. We do not know, for example, how to quantify and locate the system performance impacts of travel demand management (TDM) strategies. The inability to quantify TDM benefits can lead to underinvestment in TDM strategies, especially when factoring limited resources and MnDOT’s ability to quantify and locate the benefits of asset management and system capacity investment.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $77,744.58
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Contract Numbers:
1045129
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Sponsor Organizations:
Minnesota Department of Transportation
395 John Ireland Boulevard
St Paul, MN United States 55155 -
Performing Organizations:
SRF Consulting Group, Incorporated
One Carlson Parkway North, Suite 150
Minneapolis, MN United States 55477-4443 - Start Date: 20201104
- Expected Completion Date: 20210630
- Actual Completion Date: 0
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: COVID-19; Traffic congestion; Travel demand management; Vehicle miles of travel
- Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01757364
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Minnesota Department of Transportation
- Contract Numbers: 1045129
- Files: RiP, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Nov 5 2020 12:28PM