Active Traffic Management (ATM) Implementation and Operations Guide

Active Traffic Management (ATM) Implementation and Operations Guide

Author: Beverly Kuhn

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13:

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Today, most agencies have levels of operational capability, detection, and information dissemination mechanisms that would have been unimaginable two decades ago. As a result, agencies are able to leverage these resources and capabilities through the application of a wide variety of approaches to improve mobility and safety. However, agencies continue to face the challenges of changing travel patterns, growing demand, evolving traveler behaviors, limited resources, and increasing traveler expectations. Active transportation and demand management (ATDM) is an agency’s capability to improve trip reliability, safety, and throughput of the surface transportation system by deploying operational strategies that dynamically manage and control travel and traffic demand and available capacity, based on prevailing and anticipated conditions. The objective of this Guide is to provide regional and local agencies the guidance on how to strategically and effectively implement and operate ATM strategies. The Guide describes the stepwise approach to accomplishing this implementation through the application of the system engineering process; comprehensive planning; and organizational considerations, capabilities, and design considerations. It utilizes a combination of relevant existing resources and documents along with best practices and lessons learned gleaned from early adopters to offer practical guidance. It also emphasizes the value of ATM and what these strategies can offer to operating agencies as part of their broader Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) program. The intended audience(s) of the Guide includes agencies interested in implementing ATM in their region, as well as agencies that have implemented ATM and are interested in guidance on operating their ATM systems and strategies more effectively.


Principles and Guidance for Presenting Active Traffic Management Information to Drivers

Principles and Guidance for Presenting Active Traffic Management Information to Drivers

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Published: 2020

Total Pages: 190

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Active Traffic Management (ATM) strategies have become more common in the United States as state departments of transportation grapple with increasing congestion and fewer dollars available to add capacity to keep pace. The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Web-Only Document 286: Principles and Guidance for Presenting Active Traffic Management Information to Drivers develops and details principles and guidance for presenting drivers with dynamic information that can be frequently updated based on real-time conditions. These principles and guidance should improve the effectiveness of ATM strategies, which include systems to manage congestion, incidents, weather, special events, and work zones.


Active Traffic Management: Comprehension, Legibility, Distance, and Motorist Behavior in Response to Selected Variable Speed Limit and Lane Control Signing

Active Traffic Management: Comprehension, Legibility, Distance, and Motorist Behavior in Response to Selected Variable Speed Limit and Lane Control Signing

Author: William A. Perez

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 96

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Active traffic management (ATM) incorporates a collection of strategies allowing the dynamic management of recurrent and nonrecurrent congestion based on prevailing traffic conditions. These strategies help to increase peak capacity, smooth traffic flows, and enhance safety on busy major highways. This final report describes a series of experiments that developed and tested alternative signs focusing on lane control signs (LCS) and variable speed limit (VSL) signs and used the deployments in Minnesota and Washington as inputs to sign development. Laboratory and field studies determined both the comprehension of the ATM signs as well as their respective legibility distances. Two driving simulator studies helped determine how motorists responded to these signs in a simulated driving environment. Research results are discussed for the various studies, including legibility distances, driver behavior, speed selection, and visual clutter with respect to the used of the LCS and VSL signs.


Active Traffic Management A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition

Active Traffic Management A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition

Author: Gerardus Blokdyk

Publisher: 5starcooks

Published: 2020-05-19

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 9781867406815

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