Integrated corridor management initiative : demonstration phase evaluation \u2013 San Diego benefit-cost analysis test plan.

2012PDFTech ReportFHWA-JPO-13-042DTFH61-06-D-00007/ T.O. BA07081Intelligent transportation systemsIntegrated corridor managementBenefit cost analysisData analysisSan Diego (California)United States. Department of Transportation. Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program OfficeBalducci, PatrickBattelleUnited States. Federal Highway AdministrationUnited States. Federal Transit AdministrationUnited States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology AdministrationIntelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office;Federal Highway AdministrationThis report presents the test plan for conducting the Benefit-Cost Analysis (BCA) for the United StatesDepartment of Transportation (U.S. DOT) evaluation of the San Diego Integrated Corridor Management(ICM) Initiative Demonstration. The ICM projects being deployed in San Diego include a suite ofstrategies aimed at balancing corridor transportation supply and demand to promote overall corridorefficiency and safety. Operational strategies to be deployed in the San Diego I-15 highway corridorinclude: simulations to predict travel conditions for improved incident response, interdependentresponse plans among agencies, traffic diversion to strategic arterials, traveler mode shift to the BRTsystem during major freeway incidents, and comparative travel time information to the public andoperating agencies for freeway, HOT lanes, arterial streets, and BRT. Technologies that will be used tocarry out these strategies include a Decision Support System, a 511 traveler information system(telephone and website), a regional center-to-center information exchange network, dynamic messagesigns, adaptive ramp metering, and responsive traffic signals. This BCA Data Test Plan is based on theICM Initiative Demonstration National Evaluation Framework. This test plan provides an overview ofthe BCA framework and describes the specific qualitative and quantitative data that will be collected tosupport the analysis. Data analysis methodologies as well as risks and mitigations associated with thisevaluation analysis are also discussed in this test pla