Prototype Planning Study: Middlesex County, New Jersey

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Prototype Planning Study: Middlesex County, N.J.
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Urban Mass Transit Administration.
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Public Transit Transportation System Management Urban Transit
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-I-82-7
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1527390
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Abstract:
  Middlesex County, New Jersey is experiencing transportation problems. To help solve escalating traffic problems on the county roads, they explored the potential of transportation systems management (TSM) techniques. The strategies they investigated fell into three groups: supply oriented, transportation demand oriented, and transit oriented. The study found that the supply oriented strategies, which are aimed at improving highway efficiency, appear most effective at reducing noise and air pollution, energy consumption, user travel costs and traffic accidents. The demand management strategies showed potential for reducing noise and air pollution, energy consumption, and peak period congestion, especially in the vicinity of major employment centers. The transit strategies focused on improved transit service and marketing in problem corridors, with industrial areas, commercial sites, and institutional centers identified as places with high payoff. The document also describes citizen involvement and organizational issues associated with the project, including the formulation of implementation and monitoring guidelines.
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  FTA 50th Anniversary Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:43a395dcb72c7958bf9c5891c4d681b65c1be0957c7b02e27f0af0ae95c0c898
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/586/dot_586_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 11.41 MB ]