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A framework for transportation system management (TSM) in the Tri-State Region of New York City is developed. TSM strategies are classified, it is shown how they relate to various parts of the region, their effectiveness is quantified, and guidelines for emphasizing TSM as an early-action program are suggested. Conditions of applicability are defined for principal types of strategies: each type of improvement is allowed to be used in a reasonable way and a means of screening inappropriate activities is provided. These conditions vary by specified action; employment and population density, dependence on public transport, and many action-specific factors are considered. Measures that involve restraining or reducing motor vehicle use are limited mainly to the Manhattan business district. Measures that involve priorities for buses are applicable in radial corridors within New York City, with selective application in outlying business centers. Ridesharing programs, in contrast, apply best in inner and outer suburbs. Traffic engineering improvements are appropriate throughout the study area. The anticipated effectiveness of selected TSM actions provides a useful plannng guide. Although many actions have major impacts over a localized area, making it hard to derive areawide impacts from their application, site-specific impacts can be readily quantified. In TSM, emphasis should be placed on immediate action improvements in a multimodal context; TSM should be viewed as an action program rather than a planning process. Improvements should be viewed from a far broader perspective than merely the reduction of VMT, especially when the localized nature of many actions and the conjectural aspects associated with anticipating areawide VMT changes are considered.

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Bus priority; Classification; Impacts; Pedestrian areas; Regional transportation; Ridesharing; Transportation planning; Transportation system management; Urban transportation

New York Metropolitan Area

New York Metropolitan Area

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I73: Traffic Control

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