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Related TTI Reports and Presentations
Estimating Mobility and Reliability
- *NEW* Mobility Analysis in Long-Range Transportation Planning – An Important Item on the Mobility Checklist [PDF]
(April 2009)
A description of the process for increasing the amount of information about congestion levels that will result from future transportation and land use scenarios. - Keys to Estimating Mobility
A separate report detailing mobility measures and how to develop and apply the information. - Selecting Travel Reliability Measures [PDF]
Performance measures for reliability from a user perspective. - Implementing Statewide Operations Performance Measures in Oregon
Paper describing the development and implementation of statewide operations performance measures using HERS-ST and archived real-time data using procedures from the Urban Mobility Report.- Final Report [PDF] (June 2004)
- TRB Paper [PDF] (January 2005)
Data Archives that Support Performance Monitoring
- Lessons Learned: Monitoring Highway Congestion and Reliability Using Archived Traffic Detector Data (October 2004)
This report describes lessons learned from four years of the Mobility Monitoring Program. - ADMS Virginia
This archive includes data for several Virginia cities. - PeMS (Freeway Performance Measurement System)
This archive includes data for several California cities.
Data Collection and Management
- Data Processing Steps in Mobility Monitoring Program [PDF]
A short summary of the procedures used for data quality control and database creation. More information is also included in the full Mobility Monitoring Program report. - Guidelines for Developing ITS Data Archiving Systems [PDF]
- Travel Time Data Collection Handbook [PDF]
Methods to collect travel time and speed information.
Mobility Monitoring in Small to Medium-Sized Communities
Research to develop and test a framework for mobility monitoring in communities with fewer than 200,000 persons. A Guidebook and other resources are available below.
- Guidebook for Mobility Monitoring in Small to Medium-Sized Communities:
A How-To Guide [PDF]
84-page technical document that includes the following items (in bound version). An interactive CD is also included in the bound Guidebook that includes an interactive case study, PowerPoint® slides, and additional resource links. Ordering information coming soon.- A Guide for Monitoring Mobility in Small to Medium-Sized Communities [PDF]
12-page document for non-technical audiences. - Frustrated by Big City Congestion in Your Community? We're Working to Improve Your Standard of Driving [PDF]
Tri-fold brochure for citizens. - Note to Self: Must Fix This Problem! [PDF]
1-page reference of framework.
- A Guide for Monitoring Mobility in Small to Medium-Sized Communities [PDF]
- Measures, Methods, and Application of a Mobility Monitoring Process for Small to Medium-Sized Communities [PDF]
Technical Report 0-5571-1 that documents research procedure and results. Includes the following cost estimating spreadsheet.- Travel Time Data Collection Cost Calculator, v1.0 [XLS]
Excel spreadsheet to estimate costs for specific travel time data collection efforts.
- Travel Time Data Collection Cost Calculator, v1.0 [XLS]
- Congestion Monitoring Measures and Procedures for Small to Medium-Sized Communities [PDF]
2-Page Project Summary Report. - Development and Application of a Mobility Monitoring Process and Guidebook for Small to Medium-Sized Communities [PDF]
Paper submitted for Transportation Research Record publication (March 2008). - Mobility in Grand Junction, CO [PDF]
Report describing the application of the Urban Mobility Study methodology in a study of arterial streets in a small urban area (2000 city population - 42,000).
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