FHWA Freeway Management Program Plan, Roadmap

1
FHWA Freeway Management Program Plan, Roadmap
Related National Initiatives

• TMC PFS Meeting
• Jon Obenberger
• June 9, 2004

2
FHWA Operations Programs

• Reducing Non-recurring Congestion
• Traffic Incident Management
• Work Zone Management
• Road Weather Management
• Planned Special Event Traffic Management
• Reducing Recurring Congestion
• Freeway Management
• Arterial Management
• Corridor Traffic Management
• Travel Demand Management

3
FHWA Operations Programs

• Improving Day-to-day Operations
• MUTCD
• Operations Asset Management
• Real Time Traveler Information
• Planning for Operations
• Operations Performance Measures
• Traffic Analysis Tools
• Improving Freight Operations freight analysis,
  freight professional development, freight size
  weight, intermodal freight technology
• Enhancing Emergency Operations
• Facilitating ITS Deployment

4
FHWA Freeway Management Program

• Vision To improve the efficiency and
  reliability of travel on highway facilities.
• Goals All states, District of Columbia, Puerto
  Rico and the top-75 metropolitan areas will
• 1. Reduce the growth in delay resulting from
  congestion
• Measure 1 Annual rate () of increase in
  congested travel time

5
FHWA Freeway Management Program

• Goals All states, District of Columbia, Puerto
  Rico and the top-75 metropolitan areas will
• 2. Improve the reliability of travel during peak
  travel periods and
• Measure 2 Travel time index and buffer index
• 3. Improve the mobility of travelers on freeway
  facilities.
• Measure 3 Congested travel ()

6
FHWA Freeway Management Program

• Program Outcomes program initiatives and
  activities will be focused on assisting agencies
  with achieving
• 1. Sustain statewide and regional initiatives
  focused on deploying, evolving, managing and
  reporting on the performance of travel on
  freeway facilities and benefits of managing
  traffic and TMS
• 2. Actively monitoring, evaluating, and
  systematically reporting on roadway and traffic
  conditions

7
FHWA Freeway Management Program

• Program Outcomes program initiatives and
  activities will be focused on assisting agencies
  with achieving
• 3. Aggressively predicting, detecting, and
  verifying congestion
• Managed lanes are being implemented in response
  to changing roadway and traffic conditions and
• En-route travel time and roadway condition
  information is being distributed to motorists

8
FHWA Freeway Management Program

• Program Initiatives
• Freeway Management and Traffic Operations
• Freeway management and ramp control
• Improved day-to-day traffic operations
• Improving traffic operations through highway
  improvements
• Knowledge and information sharing
• Transportation Management Systems Centers
  (TMCs)
• Improving day-to-day management and operations
• Staffing and support services
• Developing and managing evolution
• Knowledge and information sharing

9
(No Transcript)
10
FHWA Freeway Management Program

• Program Initiatives
• Managed Lanes
• Planning, developing and implementing managed
  lanes
• Managing and controlling traffic
• Motorist comprehension and compliance
• Knowledge and information sharing
• HOV Facilities
• Improved day-to-day operations
• Performance monitoring, evaluation and reporting
• Legislation, standards, and policies
• Knowledge and information sharing

11
FHWA Freeway Management Program

• Program Activities
• Collaboration and consensus building
• Technology transfer, raise awareness knowledge
  sharing
• Technical guidance and capacity building
• Applied research

12
FHWA Freeway Management Program

• Program Objective 1 Improve operational
  performance and management of traffic on highway
  facilities
• Indicator 1 of top-78 metro areas w/ TMCs
  that are proactively managing and controlling
  traffic on freeway facilities.
• Proposed Targets

13
FHWA Freeway Management Program

• Program Objective 1
• Proposed Criteria tiers 1, 2 3 to be defined
  based on the following criteria
• Interagency operational agreements
• Operational policies and procedures
• Operations manuals
• Multi-year plan
• Monitoring surveillance coverage w/in all
  freeway corridors
• Capabilities manage control traffic w/in
  freeway corridors
• Providing en-route travel time roadway
  conditions
• Traffic incident management command system
  policies and procedures developed, adopted
  being utilized
• Hours of operation

14
FHWA Freeway Management Program

• Program Objective 2 Proactively managing
  operating traffic on highway facilities in
  response to changing travel roadway conditions
• Indicator 2 of top-78 metro areas agencies
  proactively monitoring, managing, controlling
  traffic reporting on travel roadway
  conditions on freeway facilities
• Proposed
• Targets

15
FHWA Freeway Management Program

• Program Objective 2
• Proposed Criteriatiers 1, 2 3 to be defined
  based on the following criteria
• Regional program /or initiative established
• Formal interagency agreement
• Freeway network operational goals, measures
  thresholds
• Policy technical teams providing direction
  support
• Interagency operational agreements
• Operational policies and procedures

16
FHWA Freeway Management Program

• Program Objective 3
• Indicator 3 Managed lanes are proactively being
  used to manage control traffic on freeway
  facilities
• Proposed Targets of top-78 metro areas are
  utilizing or committed to use managed lane to
  proactively manage and control traffic on
  freeway facilities
• Proposed Targets

17
FHWA Freeway Management Program

• Program Objective 3
• Indicator 4 of top-78 metro areas where
  managed lanes have been identified integrated
  into transportation plans of MPOs
• Proposed Targets

18
FHWA Freeway Management Program Products

• Freeway Management Operations Handbook (2004 -
  Update as needed 5 years)
• State-of-Practice Paper (2004 - Update as needed
  2 years)
• Traffic Management Toolbox Cd-rom (2006 initial
  version updated annually to add new
  documents/resources)
• ITS Deployment Tracking Survey Results Trends
  in Practice (2004 updated every 2 years)
• Program Plan Roadmap of Initiatives (Annually)
• Program Performance Measures White Paper, Agency
  Self-Assessment Tool Support Services
• Legislation, Regulations Policies
• Web site

19
FHWA Freeway Management Program

• Key Program Initiatives
• Transportation Management Systems Centers
  (TMCs)
• Freeway Operations Traffic Management
• Managed Lanes
• HOV Systems

20
Transportation Management Systems Centers

• 2003 Products Delivered
• Transportation Management Systems Maintenance
  Concept Plans (TMC PFS)
• Configuration Management Brochure, Primer,
  Handbook Technical Presentation (TMC PFS)
• 2003 Projects Initiated
• TMC Business Planning Plans Handbook (TMCPFS)
• Concept of Operations for Transportation
  Management Systems (TMCPFS)
• TMC Operator Requirements, Position Description
  Software Phase 2 (TMC PFS)
• Impacts of Dynamically Displaying Messages CMS
  (TMC PFS)

21
Transportation Management Systems Centers

• 2004 Projects Delivered
• Configuration Management Training Course
• CMS Operation Messaging HandbookVersion
  1.1(TMC PFS)
• Corridor Traffic Management Coordinated Plans
  
• Procedures (TMC PFS)
• 2004 Initiated
• Testing Acceptance Plans Procedures (primer
  handbook)
• Migration Plans Procedures (brochure
  handbook)
• TMC Performance Monitoring, Evaluation
  Reporting (TMC PFS)
• TMC Operations Manual (TMC PFS)
• TMC Staffing Scheduling of Day-to-Day
  Operations (TMC PFS)
• TMC Workshop Development Proposal (TMC PFS)

22
Transportation Management Systems Centers

• 2005 Projects Delivered
• Testing Acceptance Plans Procedures (primer
  handbook)
• Migration Plans Procedures for TMCs
• TMC Business Planning Plans Handbook
• Concept of Operations for TMCs
• TMC Performance Monitoring, Evaluation
  Reporting
• (TMC PFS)
• TMC Operations Manual (TMC PFS)
• 2005 Proposed Projects Initiated
• TMC Operators Technician Education, Training
  Career Development
• Survey Stage 1 (Possible to Initiate 2004)
• Needs Analysis Feasibility Study Stage 2

23
Freeway Management Operations

• 2003 Products Delivered
• Freeway Management State-of-practice White
  Paper
• Freeway Management Operations Handbook
• Draft CMS chapter for MUTCD (Next NPRM)
• 2003 Projects Initiated
• Ramp Control Handbook (brochure primer)
• Adaptive Ramp Metering Development Simulation
  Testing
• Freeway Management Operations Training Course
• Managing Travel for Planned Special Events
  Training Course

24
Freeway Management Operations

• 2004 Products Delivered
• Freeway Management Operations Training Course
• National Conference on Managing Travel for
  Planned Special Events
• 2005 Projects Delivered
• Offering Freeway Management Operations Training
  Course
• Offering Managing Travel for Planned Special
  Events Training Course
• NCHRP Guide to Effective Freeway Performance
  Measurement
• Ramp Management and Control Handbook

25
Freeway Management Operations

• 2005 Proposed Projects
• Traffic Management Toolbox
• Freeway System Connector Mainline Metering
  Handbook
• Freeway Management TMC Self-Assessment

26
Managed Lanes

• 2003 Products Delivered
• HOT Lane Reference Guide
• Houston Lane Management Case Study
• 2003 Products Initiated
• Managed Lanes Cross-cutting Study
• Managed Lanes Primer

27
Managed Lanes

• 2004 Projects Delivered
• Managed Lanes Cross-cutting Study
• Managed Lanes Primer
• Managed Lanes Workshop - Key Issues Research
• 2004 Projects Initiated
• Developing Managed Lanes Cross-cutting Study
• Planning for Managed Lanes Cross-cutting Study
• Proposed MUTCD changes Managed Lanes Traffic
  Control Signing
• Managed Lanes Traffic Control Signing
  State-of- the-Practice Review

28
Managed Lanes

• 2005 Projects Delivered
• Developing Managed Lanes Cross-cutting Study
• Planning for Managed Lanes Cross-cutting Study
• Proposed MUTCD changes
• Managed Lanes Traffic Control Signing
  State-of- the-Practice Review
• Proceedings International Conference Managed,
  Priced HOV Lanes (April 2005 Houston)
• 2005 Projects Initiated
• Managed Lane Cross-cutting Studies T.B.D.
• Research Technology Transfer Needs

29
HOV Systems

• 2003 Products Delivered
• El Monte Busway Case Study
• 11th International HOV Conference Proceedings
• HOV Signing in MUTCD Freeway Facilities
• 2003 Projects Initiated
• HOV System Performance Monitoring, Evaluation
  Reporting Handbook
• HOV System Training Course

30
HOV Systems

• 2004 Products Delivered
• HOV System Training Course Pilot Presentation
• 2004 Projects Initiated
• HOV Lane Safety Considerations
• HOV Lane Enforcement Consideration
• HOV Lane Hours of Operation Eligibility
  Requirements
• New Projects to be Selected June 15, 2004

31
HOV Systems

• 2005 Products Delivered
• Offering of HOV System Training Course
• HOV System Performance Monitoring, Evaluation
  Reporting Handbook
• HOV Lane Safety Considerations
• HOV Lane Enforcement Consideration
• HOV Lane Hours of Operation Eligibility
  Requirements
• 2005 Projects Initiated
• Automated Occupancy Detection Phase 1
  (Requirements, Technology Scan Feasibility)

32
Security Emergency Management

• Telecommunications Vulnerability Reduction
• Emergency Management Case Studies
• Alternate Route Development Methodologies
• TMC Integration Needs for Emergency
  Transportation Operations Weather
• Integration of Security Into National ITS
  Architecture
• TMC Vulnerability Reduction
• Communication Alternatives Analysis
• Integration Needs for Security Emergency
  Management
• Evacuation Model Selection Development
• Signal Timing for Evacuation

33
NCHRP Initiatives

• Current Research Projects
• 3-81 Integrated Control for Improved Operation
  of Freeways and Surface Streets in Urban
  Corridors
• 3-73 Separation of Vehicles Commercial
  Vehicles Only
• 3-69 Design on Construction Work Zones on
  High-Speed Roadways
• 3-68 Freeway Performance Monitoring, Evaluation
  Reporting
• 3-63 Sharing Information Between Public Safety
  Transportation Agencies for Traffic-Incident
  Management
• 3-60 Capacity Quality of Service
  Interchange Ramp Terminals

34
NCHRP Initiatives

• Contingency ProjectIf Funding Available
  2005-G-29 Freeway Bottleneck Identification,
  Analysis Removal
• Proposed Research Projects
• Transportation Management Systems
  Security/Hardening
• Automatic Vehicle Identification for Traffic
  Management Applications
• Current Synthesis Topics
• Quick Clearance of Traffic Incidents
• Convertible Roadway Lane Practices
• Cooperative Agreements Between State Local
  Agencies to Manage Arterial Corridors