2019 Urban Congestion Trends: Leveraging Data to Improve Operations Performance

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Traffic congestion
  • Urban transportation
  • Reliability (Statistics)
  • Data collection
  • Data analysis
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-HOP-20-012
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations
• Description:
  The Federal Highway Administration 2019 Urban Congestion Report details trends and the current state of congestion and reliability on the National Highway System (NHS) in 52 of the largest metropolitan areas in the United States. This report also includes examples of agencies using the National Performance Management Research Data Set (NPMRDS) for performance reporting, as well as a few operational strategies and performance management approaches implemented by State and local transportation agencies in recent years. The report concludes with a brief discussion to familiarize readers with a tool developed through an American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)–led pooled-fund study to assist agencies with submitting and utilizing performance measures.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/55715/dot_55715_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.45 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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