Major Initiatives

Integrated Corridor Management Systems

The efforts to date to reduce surface transportation congestion have focused on optimization of individual networks. Corridors offer an opportunity to operate and optimize the entire system as opposed to the individual networks. Through the Integrated Corridor Management Systems initiative, the USDOT will provide guidance to assist agencies in implementing Integrated Corridor Operations, create supporting analysis tools, approaches, and technical standards, and demonstrate the value of Integrated Corridor Management.

What's New

• Pioneer Site Concept of Operations and System Requirements Specifications Now Available
  The ICM Pioneer Sites have completed development of their site-specific concept of operations (CONOPS) and requirements documents. These documents are now available online for several of the sites. Documents will be added for each site as they become available.
• Recordings and Presentations from ICM Pioneer Site Webinars Now Available!
  The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) held three webinars in July 2008 showcasing the eight ICM Pioneer Sites and their results to date with the Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) initiative. Recordings of each webinar, as well as podcasts, PowerPoint presentations, and transcripts are now available.
• ICM Initiative Featured in May 2008 Issue of ITE Journal
  The May 2008 issue of the ITE Journal includes a reprint of the ICM article that was in the March/April 2008 issue of Public Roads. This article provides an overview of ICM and the eight ICM Pioneer Sites selected by USDOT.
• April 2008 Issue of Mass Transit Magazine Highlights Transit Aspects of ICM
  The April 2008 issue of Mass Transit includes an article on ICM that highlights how transit, along with transit ITS technologies and strategies, will play a significant role in ICM. The article describes how the eight Pioneer Sites plan to integrate transit strategies into their ICM concepts.
• Pioneer Sites Complete Stage 1 of the Demonstration Phase of the ICM Initiative
  On March 31, 2008 the ICM Pioneer Sites completed stage 1 of the demonstration phase of the ICM initiative.  Each site has created a concept of operations and systems requirements document for their system.  The documents are currently being formatted for the website and USDOT is planning an outreach webinar later this summer to share the Pioneer Site’s lessons learned during the development of their ICM System Concept of Operations and Requirements.
• ICM Featured in the March/April 2008 Issue of Public Roads
  An article in the March/April 2008 issue of Public Roads discusses how USDOT and the eight pioneer sites are addressing congestion, empowering travelers, and improving travel time reliability through ICM.
• Second ICM Quarterly Newsletter Now Available!
  This newsletter provides an update on the ICM initiative, articles about the pioneer sites, a spotlight on the Analysis, Modeling, and Simulation (Phase), and an article showing how ICM concepts helped engineers reroute traffic after the Minnesota bridge collapse.
• ICM Knowledgebase Now Available
  The ICM Knowledgebase is intended to be a 'one-stop' searchable online reference that provides transportation professionals the tools, strategies, sample documents and knowledge they need to successfully implement ICM in their corridors. The USDOT will be updating the Knowledgebase on a regular basis.

Updated September 5, 2008 11:21 AM