Need Area Description
This service package recommends courses of action to transportation operators in a corridor, downtown area, or other heavily traveled area. Recommendations are based on an assessment of current and forecast transportation network performance and environmental conditions. Multi–modal transportation operational strategies are created that consider all modes and all roads in the travel area to correct network imbalances and effectively manage available capacity. As part of the operational strategies, this service package may also recommend lane restrictions, transit, parking, and toll strategies to influence traveler route and mode choices to support active demand management programs and policies managing both traffic and the environment. Operational strategies, including demand management recommendations, are coordinated to support operational decisions by each transportation operator that are consistent with the recommended strategy. All recommended operational strategies are based on historical evaluation, real–time assessment, and forecast of the roadway network performance based on predicted travel demand patterns. This service package also collects air quality, parking availability, transit usage, and vehicle occupancy data to support operational strategies that manage and balance capacity and demand.
Need Area Type
Management
Service Package
TM09: Integrated Decision Support and Demand Management
Includes Needs
| Number | Need |
|---|---|
| 01 | Traffic Operations need to be able to use current and forecast road and traffic conditions to develop traffic management plans. |
| 02 | Traffic Operations need to be able to develop operational decisions based upon analysis of current and forecast road and traffic conditions. |
| 03 | Traffic Operations need to be able to collect information describing multi–source, real–time data (both infrastructure and vehicle based) on arterials, freeways, and transit systems to develop operational decisions that can be applied to corridors or to the region as a whole. |
| 04 | Traffic Operations needs to be able to collect information from transit, parking, and toll operations in order to support development of demand management strategies. |
| 05 | Traffic Operations needs to be able to implement demand management strategies in order to correct network imbalances and effectively manage available capacity. |
| 06 | Traffic Operations needs to be able to collect emissions data to support development of demand management strategies. |