Toni Whitfield

Consider I-435 along the south side of the KC metro area. This is the east-west section of the circumferential roadway in KC. It is a bi-state roadway segment, extending from US 50 on the east, in Lee’s Summit, MO to K-7 on the west, in Olathe/Lenexa, KS. There is significant traffic in both directions at both peak times. KC Scout (MoDOT and…[Read more]

A wealth of good comments have already been offered here. I would just add these:
1. What other potential contributors to traffic issues exist?
Consider special events and weather.
2. What are the transportation or ITS Needs for this area? Bus Rapid Transit, increased and focused advanced traveler information. An examination of ways to shift…[Read more]

1. What other potential contributors to traffic issues exist?
incidents, poor signal timing, possible vehicle/pedestrian conflicts if high pedestrian volumes, extra trips “around the block” for vehicles because no information on parking availability.

2. What are the transportation or ITS needs for this area?
coordinated signal timing, TMC…[Read more]

Location: Murfreesboro Rd. between Bell Rd. and Downtown Nashville
Issue: Congestion during Peak Hours

•The Needs to be Addressed
-Bus Transit isn’t used enough
-No notification is available on travel times nor when an accident or car stalls on the roadway
-There is a center TWLTL that is rarely used

•Your Recommended Solutions
-Consider bui…[Read more]

I-85 and parallel arterials US 23 and US 29 outside Atlanta.
Need: More capacity especially during peak periods. Incident during peak can overload parallel routes – need coordination of areterial signal systems to handle extra traffic when I-85 congested due to incident.

Solution: Adaptive signals that could respond to extra traffic by giving…[Read more]

I-19 Corridor – Nogales, AZ to International Border
This is the route used by freight for hauling fresh produce.

The Needs to be Addressed
-Significant fluctuation in traffic/freight volumes due to produce season
-Lack of traffic signal operators to monitor changing conditions
-Lack of automated system

Your Recommended Solutions
-Better c…[Read more]

Major Arterial in Urban Area (MPO) of Montana:
The Needs to be Addressed:
– Improve operations & safety
– Encourage multi-modal operations and improve walk/bike/transit facilities
– Signal upgrades, coordination, timing
– Improve air quality
Recommended Solutions:
– Upgrade signal controllers, implement full signal actuation and retime signals on…[Read more]

Not at all Jessica! Thank you for the response and great recommendations. 🙂

1. What other potential contributors to traffic issues exist?
-Traffic Accidents
-Disabled cars
-Work Zones
-Traffic Signal Timing

2. What are the transportation or ITS needs for this area?
-Message Boards that display travel times
-Parking areas for bus riders
-Review of the Traffic Signal Timing

3. What strategies could we use to help resolve…[Read more]

Hopefully it isn’t too late to comment. 🙂 Below are my recommendations:
Strategies:
-Increased parking at transit/metro stations
-Wi-fi on the Metro/Bus
-RAMP METERING – spaces out some of that incoming traffic onto the expressway
-HOV Lanes

Performance Measures:
-# of users of transit during peak periods
-Travel times between ramps
-Number of…[Read more]

I-376 East Corridor in Pittsburgh, PA:
• The Needs to be Addressed – congestion relief along interstate; congestion relief along many arterials in the corridor; improve safety
• Your Recommended Solutions – ICM and ATDM elements that are coordinated amongst State DOT TMC, City TMC, and transit management center, including following element…[Read more]

I’ve got a few corridors in mind but let’s just say they have the following characteristics:

-Freeway with: HOV lanes, dense ITS coverage that includes text DMS, cameras, and speed sensors, heavy deployment of full-service freeway service patrols, monitored and controlled by 4 urban TMCs in the large metro areas
-Alternate/parallel-route…[Read more]

Potential Corridor Management location

I-35 between N Shields Blvd. (Exit 119A) and downtown Oklahoma City (OKC).

The needs to be addressed

Address AM and PM peak commuting congestion on I-35 corridor.

Recommended solutions

Implement real-time travel monitoring on I-35 and parallel Shields Blvd. corridors.

Implement adaptive signal control…[Read more]

In Buffalo, an ICM strategy is being evaluated for the I-190 Corridor, so I’m going to largely borrow from that proposal. There’s two major challenges/focus areas here: cross-border traffic and traffic to/from downtown Buffalo, particularly relating to freight, special events, incidents, and holiday traffic.
The Needs to be Add…[Read more]

US 101 between San Francisco and San Jose
Length: 40 miles
Northern terminus: I-280 & US 101
Southern Terminus: CA-87 & US 101
Alternate Routes:
• I-280
• CA-82: El Camino Real- Major Signalized arterial parallel to US 101
• I-880
The Needs to be Addressed
-Mode Split is pretty balanced compared to other major cities. Since US 101 is on a penin…[Read more]

Nashua NH is the 2nd largest city in NH and is approximately 25 miles outside of Boston, MA. The FE Everett Turnpike runs through Nashua and has 8 exits connecting it to the city. The FE Everett experiences both reoccurring and non-reoccurring congestion routinely and a few of the interchanges with local roadways fail on almost a daily basis.…[Read more]

Potential Candidate Corridor:
Transportation Corridor from New Haven, Connecticut thru southwest Connecticut to New York

Major Transportation Facilities in Corridor:
● I-95
● Merritt Parkway
● U.S. Route 1
● Metro North/Amtrak Railroad
● Ferry between Bridgeport, CT and Long Island, NY

The Needs to be Addressed:
● Improving transportat…[Read more]

1. Financial districts tend to operate with fixed hours (think “banker hours”) thereby compounding the issue of when people commute. Street side parking generally leads to issues with traffic flow (people maneuvering into and out of parking spots), so it is not just a lack of parking but where the parking is.
2. They lack reliability of transit…[Read more]

The Needs To Be Addressed
Morning peak commuter traffic approaching Ann Arbor, Michigan on US-23 from the north and the afternoon peak commute in the opposite direction is generally stop and go for long periods of time, resulting in unpredictable travel times for the communters.

Your Recommended Solutions
Michigan DOT is currently planning a…[Read more]

Who would be the lead in the transit solutions you propose? Much of what you purpose sounds like Federal Transit Administration would be needed to apply grants towards the work. What FHWA process or documents overlap into your solutions? Funding is something Division offices have to make calls on frequently when innovative ideas come about that…[Read more]