Freeway Management

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Freeway Management Operations Handbook

• Freeway Operations Committee Task Force
• Annual Meeting Jan 12 ,2003
• Jon Obenberger FHWA
• Louis Neudorff Siemens ITS
• Les Jacobson PB Farradyne
• Joel Marcuson HNTB

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Presentation Outline

• Overview of Project
• Background History
• Current Status
• Schedule for Completion
• Task Force / Committee Reviews and Assistance
• Review / Comment on Draft Chapters
• Pictures
• Coordination With Other Activities
• Discussion of Task Force Issues (Reviews, Future
  Updates)

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Background

• Freeway Management Handbook Originally Developed
  in 1983
• Current Update Initiated in 1995 Published in
  1997
• Freeway Operations Committee Identified Need for
  Update in 1999 (mid-year) 2000 (TRB)
• Initial Task Force
• FHWA Project To Update Summer, 2001

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FHWA Project to Update FMH

• Objective Update the Freeway Management
  Handbook to reflect changes in the
  state-of-the-practice that have occurred since
  the last update
• Project Scope
• Assess Current Document
• Identify Proposed Changes New Topics
• Perform Necessary Revisions
• Only an update, not a comprehensive revision is
  required
• Version 2.1

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Project Milestones

• Project Kick-off Late November, 2001
• Initial Review / Recommended Updates January
  2002
• Templates for each module highlighting gaps in
  state-of-practice / art, obsolete practices /
  technologies, new lessons learned / examples,
  editorial / presentation comments, new
  references.
• Draft White Paper (Synthesis Recommended
  Revisions) Mid March, 2002
• FHWA Review, Task Force Comments, Web Conference
  April, 2002

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Project Milestones cont.

• Revised White Paper Mid May, 2002
• Complete Comprehensive Revision to FMH Required
  Not Just an Update (Version 3.0)
• Updated Practices Technologies
• Expanded View of Freeway Management Operations
• Annotated Outlines July / August, 2002
• Review Meeting on Annotated Outlines August 28
  , 2002
• Revised Annotated Outlines Mid September, 2002
  

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Project Milestones cont.

• Review Meeting on Rev. Annotated Outlines Oct
  25, 2002
• Reversed Order of Chapters on Performance
  Monitoring (3) Developing a Freeway Management
  Program (4)
• Chapter 4 Will NOT Present a Specific Process
  Summarizes Several Existing Processes How
  Freeway Management Can Fit
• Chapters 5 6 Separated (Capacity Improvements,
  Other Improvements)
• Expanded Chapter on Ramp Metering (No Handbook in
  Near-Term)
• Commenced Writing Draft Chapters November, 2002

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FMOH Schedule For Completion

• Submit Initial Draft Chapters / Posting on the
  Web
• Incremental Early January to Late February
  (Schedule)
• Task Force Reviews 4 Weeks After Chapter Posted
• Incremental Receive Comments Mid February to
  Late March
• Review Comments / Prepare Final Draft Chapters
• Incremental Mid March to Late April
• Submit Back To Reviewers for Final Comments (2
  Week Review)
• Submit Final Document June, 2003
• Publication Distribution Late Summer

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Task Force Assistance Chapter Review

• Some Initial Draft Chapters Available On Web For
  Review
• http//ops.fhwa.dot.gov/Travel/traffic/freeway_man
  agement.htm
• Remaining Draft Chapters To Be Completed Late
  Feb
• Exception Chapters That Reference a Handbook in
  Progress
• Need Volunteers To Review and Comment
• Topic Specific Chapter(s)
• Chapters 1 2 (All)
• More Discussion Later (Les Joel)

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Schedule FMOH Draft Chapters
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Schedule FMOH Draft Chapters
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Schedule FMOH Draft Chapters
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Schedule FMOH Draft Chapters
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Task Force Assistance Pictures

• Request for Pictures Sent Out Dec. 3, 2002
• 100 Received To Date
• Very Few Additional Pictures Required
• Will be Obtained By Project Team
• THANK YOU !

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Coordination With State of Practice Paper

• Consistency Items Addressed in Practice Paper
  Covered in Revised FMOH
• State of Practice vs. State of Art
• Definitions / Discussions Included In Chapter 1
  Introduction
• Emphasize the Need to Assess Where You Are
• FMOH Does NOT Attempt to Categorize Every
  Potential Freeway Management Technology or
  Strategy as One or the Other

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Coordination With Other Handbooks

• Several Other Handbooks In Progress or Recently
  Completed
• Incident Management (Chapter 10) Complete
• Planned Special Event Management (Chapter 11)
  In Progress
• Detector (Chapter 15) Draft Complete
• Communications (Chapter 17) In Progress
• Coordination Between Freeways Arterials In
  Progress
• Traffic Control Systems Handbook (To Reference
  FMOH Others)
• Make Available On Single CD
• Potential Cross Links

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Freeway Management Operations Handbook

• Questions
• Further Discussions
• (Les Joel)