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• Freeway Management Trends
• Freeway Operations and Traffic Management
  • Configuration Management
  • Transportation Management Centers
  • Ramp Management
• Managed Lanes and HOV Facilities
  • Managed Lanes
  • HOV Facilities

Freeway Management Trends

The Freeway Management Trends is a quarterly publication prepared by the FHWA Office of Operations Freeway Management Program in order to report on initiatives and developments aimed at freeway operations and traffic management and to provide a platform for practitioners engaged and interested in activities focusing on the use of integrated and coordinated freeway systems and proactive freeway management to improve the safety efficiency and reliability of travel on the nation's freeway facilities.

• Issue Number 1 - April 2008

Freeway Operations and Traffic Management

• Freeway Management and Operations Handbook, September 2003, FHWA-OP-04-003, EDL No. 13875 (HTML, PDF 8.4MB)
• Guidelines for Transportation Management Systems Maintenance Concept and Plans Handbook, December 2002, FHWA-OP-04-011, EDL No. 13882
• Highway Traffic Operations and Freeway Management: State-of-the-Practice White Paper, March 2003, FHWA-OP-03-076, EDL No. 13801
• What Have We Learned about Intelligent Transportation Systems? Chapter 2: What Have We Learned about Freeway, Incident, and Emergency Management and Electronic Toll Collection?, December 2002, EDL No. 13318 (PDF 119KB)

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Configuration Management

• Configuration Management for Transportation Management Systems Handbook, FHWA-OP-04-013, EDL No. 13885 (HTML, PDF 5.15MB)
• A Guide to Configuration Management for Intelligent Transportation Systems, FHWA-OP-02-048,EDL No. 13622
• Configuration Management for Transportation Management Systems Primer, FHWA-OP-04-014, EDL No. 13886 (HTML, PDF 468KB)
• Configuration Management for Transportation Management Systems Brochure, FHWA-OP-04-016, EDL No. 13888 (HTML, PDF 217KB)
• Configuration Management for Transportation Management Systems Fact Sheet, FHWA-OP-04-017, EDL No. 13889 (HTML, PDF 113KB)
• Configuration Management for Transportation Management Systems Technical Presentation (HTML, PPT 387KB)

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Transportation Management Centers (TMC)

• TMC Performance Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Handbook
• Configuration Management for Transportation Management Systems
• Changeable Message Sign Operation and Messaging
• Impacts of Dynamically Displaying Messages on Changeable Message Signs
• Managing Travel for Planned Special Events
• TMC Operations Manual
• TMC Operator Requirements & Position Descriptions, Phase 1
• TMC Operator Requirements, Position Descriptions Phase 2 – Interactive Software
• Transportation Management Systems Maintenance Concept & Plans
• TMC Pooled Fund Study Quarterly Newsletter
  • January 2007

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Ramp Management

• Ramp Management and Control Handbook
  • Handbook, FHWA-HOP-06-001, EDL No. 14242 (HTML, PDF 7.3MB)
  • A Primer, FHWA-HOP-06-080 (HTML, PDF 2MB)
  • Brochure, FHWA-HOP-06-081 (HTML, PDF 361KB)
  • Project Fact Sheet, FHWA-HOP-06-082 (HTML, PDF 335KB)
  • Frequently Asked Questions, FHWA-HOP-06-083 (HTML, PDF 1.1MB)

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Managed Lanes and HOV Facilities

Managed Lanes

• "Moving Forward with Managed Lane," Resource CD Toolbox, FHWA-HOP-07-030 - This toolbox includes a 10-minute video on an overview of managed lanes concept including highlights of real world applications. Contact Jessie.Yung@dot.gov for a copy.
• Managed Lanes: A Cross-Cutting Study, November 2004, FHWA-HOP-05-037 (HTML, PDF 1.5MB)
• Managed Lanes: A Primer, FHWA-HOP-05-031 (HTML, PDF 2.2MB)
• Public Roads Article: Managed Lanes, November 2004

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HOV Facilities

• Federal-Aid Highway Program Guidance on High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lanes - August 2008
• Houston Managed Lanes Case Study: The Evolution of the Houston HOV System (HTML, PDF 827KB)
• New Jersey I-80 & I-287 HOV Lane Case Study: Executive Edition, EDL No. 13157 (PDF 99.5 KB)
• New Jersey I-80 & I-287 HOV Lane Case Study, EDL No. 12963 (PDF 260KB)
• Effects of Changing HOV Lane Occupancy Requirements: El Monte Busway Case Study, FHWA-OP-03-002, EDL No. 13692 (HTML, PDF 2.43MB)
• Executive Report: Effects of Changing HOV Lane Occupancy Requirements: El Monte Busway Case Study, FHWA-OP-03-001, EDL No. 13679 (HTML, PDF 1.33MB)
• An Assessment of HOV Facilities in America, August 1992 (PDF 1.3MB)
• HOV Marketing Manual, April 1994 (PDF 56KB)
• Operational Design Guidelines for HOV Lanes in Arterial Roadways, November 1994 (PDF 3.9MB)
• Predicting HOV Lane Demand, August 1996 (PDF 4.2MB)
• Use of Videotape in HOV Lane Surveillance and Enforcement, March 1990 (PDF 4.1MB)
• HOV Lane Violation Study, January 1990 (PDF 4.2MB)
• HOV System Development in the U.S., December 1990 (PDF 886KB)
• Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on High-Occupancy Vehicle Systems, October 2002, FHWA-OP-03-100, EDL No. 13810 (HTML, PDF 2.25MB)
  

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