Active traffic management (ATM) is the ability to manage recurrent and nonrecurrent congestion, both dynamically and proactively, on transportation infrastructure based on real-time or predicted traffic conditions. Focusing on trip reliability, ATM strategies maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of a facility while increasing throughput and enhancing safety.
NCHRP Research Report 1120: Active Traffic Management Strategies: A Planning and Evaluation Guide, a pre-publication draft from TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program, is designed to provide planning and evaluation guidelines to transportation agencies so they can easily identify the appropriate path forward with ATM strategies suited to their regional needs and characteristics.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Active Traffic Management Strategies: A Planning and Evaluation Guide. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/27871.
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Front Matter | i-xiv | |
1 Setting the Stage for Active Traffic Management | 1-26 | |
2 Active Traffic Management Strategies | 27-54 | |
3 Enabling ATM | 55-74 | |
4 Assessing Suitability of ATM | 75-101 | |
5 ATM Performance and Data | 102-123 | |
6 Analysis, Modeling, and Simulation for ATM | 124-152 | |
7 Design Considerations for ATM | 153-184 | |
8 ATM Implementation and Deployment | 185-202 | |
9 ATM Operations and Maintenance | 203-232 | |
10 Learning from ATM Deployments | 233-248 | |
Appendix A: ATM Terminology | 249-268 | |
Appendix B:: ATM Strategy Fact Sheets | 269-307 | |
Appendix C: ATM Case Studies | 308-331 | |
Appendix D: Available Resources and Tools for ATM | 332-364 | |
Appendix E: Planning and Evaluating ATM Checklists | 365-381 |
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