Understanding congestion context and a tool to help choose the right mitigation strategies : final report.

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• Creators:
  Lasley, Phil ; Moran, Maarit
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Mobility
  • Strategic planning
  • Traffic congestion
  • Traffic mitigation Context sensitive solutions
• Publication/ Report Number:
  PRC 16-59 F
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States;Texas
• Edition:
  Final report
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Abstract:
  Cities of every size (and even some rural areas) face growing traffic delays, increasing travel ; time variability, and overall longer trip times, which makes traveling more frustrating and ; difficult for everyone. Many congestion solutions focus on a single location, a single type of ; problem, or a single idea that then generates few or similar solutions. The discussion often shifts ; to one strategy to fix traffic congestion and mobility. While this in general may help, taken out of ; context, this one strategy may not solve the systemic and underlying issue (and may even worsen ; the problem). ; For example, some cities have used highway-widening strategies exclusively that, in certain ; circumstances, no longer resolve congestion by themselves. This solution shortfall may be due to ; incorrect analysis techniques that only focus on the peak hour of the improved roadway; the ; larger effects are usually on parallel roads and times outside of the peak morning and evening ; traffic hours and are often unanticipated. ; While researchers have identified over 100 individual strategies to address congestion and ; mobility, the context in which these work best is often lost. Through misunderstanding of the ; strategy itself, the benefits it provides, or where it should and should not be used, many strategies ; simply cease to be discussed. Practitioners are left with limited options. ; Many of these strategies, when paired with their complements and used in the proper context, ; can provide synergistic benefits that save time for travelers and money for taxpayers. Many of ; the added benefits may also increase economic productivity, improve quality of life, or ; encourage healthy living.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/32693/dot_32693_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 854.02 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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