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Identifying cost-effective solutions for the increasingly complex congested urban corridors in our U.S. metropolitan areas is requiring greater sophistication in analysis tools and consideration of all modes of travel. Modeling methods are required that can produce forecasts of future traffic volumes but that can also simulate the operational characteristics of traffic in a corridor with sensitivity to a broad range of improvement options. New model systems are now being used to assess the potential benefits of a variety of operational and management strategies designed to maintain the optimal flow of people and goods in the corridors and to sustain the capacity gained through investments in infrastructure. In Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties, a Corridor System Management Plan has been prepared for a fifty-mile stretch of US 101 to sustain multi-modal mobility. The plan was developed with significant attention being given to public transportation, non-motorized modes and transportation demand management options.

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11-3988

English

15p

2011

Transportation Research Board 90th Annual Meeting

DVD

Figures (1) ; Maps (1) ; References (12) ; Tables (6)

Congestion management systems; Highway operations; Mobility; Multimodal transportation; Nonmotorized transportation; Strategic planning; Traffic congestion; Traffic forecasting; Traffic volume; Transportation corridors; Transportation modes; Travel demand management

Santa Barbara County (California); Ventura County (California)

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2011 Paper #11-3988

TRIS, TRB

Feb 17 2011 6:43PM