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What is Being Done About Congestion
The documents and web sites below provide additional guidance and information for a variety of mobility measurement efforts.
Federal or National
- U.S. House of Representatives
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy For Users (TEA-LU) (H.R.3) on March 10, 2005. Many sections include congestion relief projects and programs. Of particular note is Title 1, Subtitle B, Congestion Relief that outlines a broad set of solutions to relieve congestion. (To view the text of the bill go to http://thomas.loc.gov/ and search for "HR 3 RH.") - Federal Highway Administration
- American Public Transportation Association
- American Road and Transportation Builders Assocation, Transportation Development Foundation
- Best Workplaces for Commuters
- Commuter Choice
A business/government partnership - It All Adds Up to Cleaner Air
- ITS America
- The Road Information Program (TRIP)
- Surface Transportation Policy Project
- Urban Land Institute
State or Local
- California Department of Transportation
- PeMS (Freeway Performance Measurement System)
This archive includes data for several California cities.
- PeMS (Freeway Performance Measurement System)
- Colorado Department of Transportation
- Mobility in Grand Junction, CO
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).
- Mobility in Grand Junction, CO
- Connecticut Transportation Strategy Board
Connecticut's approach to link transportation planning and investment, land use and economic development. - Florida Department of Transportation
- Houston-Galveston Area Council
- Houston's Travel Rate Improvement Program—TRIP 2000
Houston area transportation agencies and businesses outline a plan for addressing mobility needs in the 21st Century. - Houston's TRIP Toolbox of Improvement Strategies
- Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
- Maricopa Association of Governments
- Maryland State Highway Administration
- Minnesota Department of Transportation
- New York Department of Transportation
- Ohio Department of Transportation
Ohio has taken action to address mobility and safety. They have several operational improvements that help them to more effectively manage their existing highway system. Ohio also has a long range plan to add capacity over the next 10 years. The 2006-2007 ODOT Business Plan includes congestion management as one of the major goals. - 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
(June 2004)
- TRB Paper
(January 2005)
- Final Report
- Texas Department of Transportation
- Trans-Texas Corridor
A plan outlining a new vision for transportation in Texas. This proposed multi-use, statewide network of transportation routes will make driving safer, send hazardous cargo around populated areas, and sustain and enhance economic development. - Breaking the Gridlock
Learn more about what is being done to change the way Texas plans, funds and delivers transportation systems in metropolitan areas. - TexasFreeway.com
- Trans-Texas Corridor
- Virginia Department of Transportation
- ADMS Virginia
This archive includes data for several Virginia cities.
- ADMS Virginia
- Washington State Department of Transportation
- WSDOT Takes Aim at Traffic Congestion
- Washington State's Quarterly Report (Gray Notebook)
Tracks WSDOT's performance. - The pRICE Is Right
An excellent lay-person view of the benefits to motorists of aggressive traffic operations strategies.
Other Information
The Jamdex—An Experimental One-Stop Performance Measure
Other Transportation Statistics
Related TTI Reports and Presentations
- The Keys to Estimating Mobility in Urban Areas
This is a White Paper prepared for the Urban Transportation Performance Measure Study that details mobility measures and how to develop and apply mobility information. A spreadsheet is included that contains applications of many of the measures. - Access Management and Mobility
This paper discusses how the effects of access management have been incorporated into the Urban Mobility Report. - Data Processing Steps in Mobility Monitoring Program
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
- 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. - Measuring the Distribution and Costs of Congestion
June 2003 Presentation in Washington, D.C.
Traffic Congestion: Issues and Options Conference - Selecting Travel Reliability Measures
Performance measures for reliability from a user perspective. - Travel Time Data Collection Handbook
Methods to collect travel time and speed information.
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