Real-time data to improve en route decision making and reduce transportation demand.

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  CTC & Associates LLC
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Management Research Traffic Congestion Traffic Engineering
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  California
• Corporate Publisher:
  California. Dept. of Transportation. Division of Research and Innovation
• Abstract:
  One approach to mitigating traffic and strains on the transportation system is to shift focus from supply to demand.
  
  When provided with good information and sufficient motivation, users of a transportation system can make
  
  decisions that will result in reduced demand on the system, decreased gridlock, increased transit ridership, and
  
  reduced need for additional lanes.
  
  In order to meet the department’s goals of reduced traveler delay and improved transportation system reliability,
  
  Caltrans wants to pursue the most effective real-time strategies to influence travel demand. We undertook this
  
  Preliminary Investigation to uncover best practices (within and outside of California) and identify the most
  
  promising research areas related to how information is collected, transmitted and used in real time, and what effect
  
  real-time en route information has on transportation demand. This investigation is a first, high-level look at available
  
  information on this topic; additional follow-up research on selected subtopics will yield much more depth and detail.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e5aa924c45f1964065977949dc358415b165219004b598f25ebfaa407c467cb7
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/27649/dot_27649_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 111.44 KB ]