Integrated corridor management initiative : demonstration phase evaluation, Dallas benefit-cost analysis test plan.

2012PDFTech ReportFHWA-JPO-13-052DTFH61-06-D-00007/ T.O. BA07081Integrated corridor managementTravel demand managementInterstate highwaysDecision support systemsTraveler information and communication systemsVariable message signsParkingTraffic signal preemptionTraffic actuated controllersBenefit cost analysisDallas (Texas)United States. Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation SystemsBalducci, PatrickBattelleUnited States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology AdministrationUnited States. Federal Highway AdministrationUnited States. Federal Transit 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 Dallas U.S. 75 Integrated CorridorManagement (ICM) Initiative Demonstration. The ICM projects being deployed in Dallas include asuite of strategies aimed at balancing U.S. 75 corridor transportation supply and demand to promoteoverall corridor efficiency and safety. Operational strategies to be deployed in the Dallas U.S. 75highway corridor include: simulations to predict travel conditions for improved incident response,interdependent response plans among agencies, traffic diversion to frontage roads and strategic arterials,traveler mode shift to the light rail system during major freeway incidents, and comparative travel timeinformation to the public and operating agencies for freeway, HOV lanes, frontage roads, arterial streets,and light-rail transit lane. Technologies that will be used to carry out these strategies include a DecisionSupport System, a 511 traveler information system (telephone and website), a regional center-to-centerinformation exchange network, dynamic message signs, parking management systems, transit signalpriority and responsive traffic signals. This BCA Data Test Plan is based on the ICM InitiativeDemonstration National Evaluation Framework. This test plan provides an overview of the BCAframework and describes the specific qualitative and quantitative data that will be collected to supportthe analysis. Data analysis methodologies as well as risks and mitigations associated with thisevaluation analysis are also discussed in this test plan