Strategy Analyses
NEW! Transportation Demand Management Strategies (March, 2009). This paper reviews the effects of strategies to reduce transportation demand, including additional pricing strateies not included in our Managed Lanes overview.
NEW! Arterial Strategies Part 3a: Roundabouts (Draft, January, 2009). This paper reviews the effects of roundabouts. The paper reviews the safety and operation benefits of roundabouts, as well as several drawbacks.
NEW! Security and Emergency Management Strategies (November, 2008). This GO TO 2040 strategy paper, prepared for CMAP by the Volpe Center, reviews security and emergency management planning options for MPOs.
NEW! Arterial Strategies Parts 1 and 2: Pavement Cross-Sections and Access Management (Final, January 2009) This paper reviews arterial-related strategies and their potential impacts, focusing on pavement cross-sections and access management.
Congestion Mitigation Handbook (pdf 820KB) 1998
Congestion Pricing as a Strategy to Address Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Presentation to ModeShift February 28, 2008
Presentation Summary
Slides
Congestion Pricing - General Overview - Presented to "College of Complexes" April 5, 2008
Slides
Strategic Proposals
2007 Congestion Reduction Demonstration Proposal (pdf, 7.3MB)
Presentation to Council of Mayors Executive Committee February 13, 2008 (pdf, 1.1MB)
2007 Urban Partnership Proposal (pdf, 587KB) (without accompanying grant requests)
2007 Urban Partnership Proposal with Grant Documents (pdf, 4.3MB)
Special Studies
Aviation
Airports Trip Generation (pdf 1.6MB) 2007
Transportation Demand Management
I-290 Ramp HOV FREQ Analysis (presentation, pdf, 800K) (Presented to the CMAP Transportation Committee in April 2008 by Kazuya Kawamura and Jose Rodriguez)
I-290/IL 53 Ramp Meter and HOV Bypass Optimization Analysis (Final Report, pdf, 2.6 MB)
Transportation System Management
Travel Demand Analysis of At-Grade vs Grade-Separated Railroad Crossings (pdf 168KB) 2007
Federal Resources
Traveler Information Data Quality Webinar Presentations:
U.S. DOT Traveler Information Data Quality Presentation (pdf 844 KB)
TTI Data Quality Presentation (pdf 255 KB)
Value Pricing Pilot Program grant opportunity - application deadline November 3
National Conference of State Legislatures report on ITS deployment as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Coordinating, Planning and Managing the Effects of Roadway Construction with Technology
Technologies That Complement Congestion Pricing - A Primer
Information Sharing for Traffic Incident Management
Fostering Regional Transportation Operations Collaboration and Coordination (RTOCC)
National Overview of Regional Traffic Signal Programs (pdf 1 MB)
Statewide Opportunities for Linking Planning and Operations: A Primer (pdf 6.4 MB)
The Collaborative Advantage: Realizing the Tangible Benefits of Regional Transportation Operations Collaboration (pdf 2.9 MB)
Data Quality White Paper (pdf 536 KB)