Regional Arterial Management

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Regional Arterial Management

• Study will examine the integration of the
  regions arterial roadway system
• improve safety
• improve traffic flow
• reduce travel times
• improve regional air quality
• reduce costs for travelers and system providers.

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Regional Arterial Management

• Emphasis is to improve traffic signal
  coordination on all major routes throughout the
  region
• Provide a seamless transportation system without
  jurisdictional boundaries
• Lack of signal coordination across jurisdictional
  boundaries - - increases congestion and creates
  greater travel times
• National studies have shown that the development
  of arterial management systems could result in
  travel time reductions of 8-25 percent across a
  given corridor

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Regional Arterial Management

• Preliminary efforts are focused on
• creating a framework for cross-jurisdictional
  cooperation
• examining cost-efficiencies of jointly purchasing
  and installing traffic control equipment

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Regional Arterial Management

• Regional partners - EWGCOG, MoDOT, St. Louis
  County, St. Charles County, and the City of St.
  Louis and several municipalities

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RAMS Facts

• Team
• HNTB Corporation / Crawford, Bunte, Brammeier /
  Shockey Consulting Services, LLC / Cambridge
  Systematics, Inc.
• Term
• 12 months (completion June 2007)
• Cost
• 300,000