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FHWA Forms Traffic Analysis Tools Team, Toolbox

The FHWA has formed a traffic analysis tools team that is comprised of members from the FHWA Resource Center, division offices, Headquarters, and Turner-Fairbank Research Center. The team is charged with achieving a wider acceptance of traffic analysis tools/models and ensuring that the tools can be trusted to provide accurate, reliable results. The team intends to increase awareness and capabilities regarding the available tools in an effort to promote informed decision making when addressing the goals of the FHWA in congestion management and safety.

As part of these efforts, a five-volume Traffic Analysis Toolbox has been developed, that will assist in better use of traffic analysis methodologies. In addition, a newly developed outreach plan will extend these efforts to users and decisionmakers through training, technical assistance, and technology deployment.

As an example of these efforts, the FHWA Minnesota Division Office and Minnesota DOT partnered to produce a manual. As a result, Minnesota DOT has formed its own traffic analysis/simulation group in-house, as well as a guide for simulation application and project application that includes a procedure for consultants to use when preparing traffic simulation studies for State and local projects.

These efforts demonstrate a high degree of team effort across the FHWA, as well as technology deployment and adaptation of advanced analysis tools.

For more information, contact:

John Tolle
Traffic Management Specialist
Operations Technical Service Team
FHWA Resource Center, (708) 283-3541
john.tolle@fhwa.dot.gov