Mini Master Highlights

Traffic Data Applications

Travel Monitoring and Surveys Division
Office of Highway Policy Information
FHWA-HPL-26-0001

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Contents

1. Introduction
2. What Traffic Data Are
3. Traffic Data for Planning
   • Topic # 3-1: Highway Traffic Inventory
   • Topic # 3-2: Travel Demand Forecasting
4. Traffic Data for Environmental Analysis
   • Topic # 4-1: Traffic Data for Transportation Air Quality Analysis
   • Topic # 4-2: Traffic Noise Assessment
5. Traffic Data for Highway Engineering
   • Topic # 5-1: Pavement Design
     • 5-1a: ESAL Method
     • 5-1b: MEPDG Method
   • Topic # 5-2: Geometric Design
     • 5-2a: Lane Width
     • 5-2b: Number of Lanes
     • 5-2c: Truck Climbing Lanes
     • 5-2d: Continuous Two-Way Left-Turn Lanes (COTWLTL)
     • 5-2e: Dedicated Right Turn Lane
   • Topic # 5-3: Structural Design and Evaluation
6. Traffic Data for Operations
   • Topic # 6-1: Transportation Demand Management (TDM)
   • Topic # 6-2: Traveler Information Systems
   • Topic # 6-3: Optimizing Traffic Signal Timing and Synchronization
   • Topic # 6-4: Ramp Metering
   • Topic # 6-5: Incident Management
7. Traffic Data for Safety Analysis
   • Topic # 7-1: Model Inventory of Roadway Elements (MIRE)
   • Topic # 7-2: Safety Exposure
   • Topic # 7-3: Analysis of Vehicle Crash Contributing Factors
8. Traffic Data for Performance Management
   • Topic # 8-2: Freight Reliability on the Interstate System
   • Topic # 8-3: Travel Time Reliability Measures
   • Topic # 8-4: Safety: Rate of Fatalities and Serious Injuries per 100 million
9. Summary
10. Bibliography