Module 3 - Congestion Reduction Training for MPO Board Members
Channel: NICR MPO Congestion Reduction Training
Date: 2023-04-14

This module explores the causes and types of traffic congestion, the various impacts of traffic congestion (both negative and positive), and strategies for managing congestion. After viewing this module, MPO Board members will have a better understanding of congestion and when and where it is proper to take steps to reduce congestion and when it is ok to accept an appropriate level of congestion. 

Training Manual: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cutr_nicr_tm/6/. 

Module 3 PDF and PowerPoint: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cutr_nicr_tm/2/

00:00 Start

05:25 The TTI’s 2019 Urban Mobility Report https://static.tti.tamu.edu/tti.tamu.edu/documents/umr/archive/mobility-report-2019.pdf  

07:29 The Public Health Costs of Traffic Congestion  https://www.ibtta.org/sites/default/files/The%20Public%20Health%20Costs%20of%20Traffic%20Congestion.pdf
Evaluation of the public health impacts of traffic congestion: a health risk assessment  https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1476-069X-9-65  

08:10 2020 U.S. Green House Gas https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2022-04/us-ghg-inventory-2022-main-text.pdf   
EPA’s Fast Facts on Transportation Greenhouse Gas Emissions https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/fast-facts-transportation-greenhouse-gas-emissions   

08:50 Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/global-greenhouse-gas-emissions-data   

08:53 The Long-Term Strategy of the United States, Pathways to Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2050  https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/US-LongTermStrategy-2021.pdf  

09:25 The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatal Accident Reporting System https://www.nhtsa.gov/research-data/fatality-analysis-reporting-system-fars  
Understanding Road Rage: Evaluation of Promising Mitigation Measures  https://static.tti.tamu.edu/tti.tamu.edu/documents/4945-2.pdf 
Aggressive Driving and Road Rage Behaviors on Freeways in San Diego, California: Spatial and Temporal Analyses of Observed and Reported Variations https://journals-sagepub-com.ezproxy.lib.usf.edu/doi/abs/10.3141/1724-02 

09:40 On the relationship between congestion and road safety in cities https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967070X21000731  

10:08 Emergency medical service providers' experiences with traffic congestion https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22883716/  

10:38 Traffic congestion, transportation policies, and the performance of first responders https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0095069620300620?via%3Dihub  

11:10 Access Across America: Auto 2016 https://cts-d8resmod-prd.oit.umn.edu/pdf/cts-18-08.pdf

11:47 Economic Impacts https://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_rpt_463-a.pdf  

14:20 San Francisco MTA Vision Zero Action Plan page 7 https://view.joomag.com/vision-zero-san-francisco/0685197001423594455?short    

14:48 Revisiting the relationship between traffic congestion and the economy: a longitudinal examination of U.S. metropolitan areas https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11116-018-9884-5      
Rethinking Traffic Congestion https://www.shoupdogg.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/04/taylor.pdf  

17:45 Increasing Highway Capacity Unlikely to Relieve Traffic Congestion  https://escholarship.org/uc/item/58x8436d   
Induced demand: Why the Concept of Induced Demand Is a Hard Sell https://www.governing.com/now/why-the-concept-of-induced-demand-is-a-hard-sell 

18:55 How to communicate TSMO https://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/shrp2/SHRP2_L17_Gap-Filling_Project_6_BusinessCasePrimerCommunicatingTheValueOfTransportationSystemsManagementAndOperations.pdf  

20:36 Operation Green light https://www.marc.org/transportation/transportation-programs/operation-green-light  

21:21 Knoxville Example https://transportationops.org/case-studies/tsmo-action-interstate-40-resurfacing-and-operations-improvements-knoxville   

22:33 TTI’s How to Fix Congestion tool https://policy.tti.tamu.edu/congestion/how-to-fix-congestion/  

24:34 SFpark https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/reports-and documents/2018/04/sfpark_eval_summary_2014.pdf  

27:07 Olympia, Washington Zero Fare https://www.intercitytransit.com/plan-your-trip/zero-fare 

28:05 Analysis Of Free Busing In Kansas City  https://ridekc.org/assets/uploads/documents/Zero_Fare_-_UMKC_Study_-_Final.pdf  
Transit Zero Fare Impact Analysis https://www.marc.org/sites/default/files/2022-04/Transit-Zero-Fare-Impact-Analysis.pdf 

32:20 VIA Reaches Major Milestone with 1,000th Bus Stop Improvement https://www.viainfo.net/2017/12/13/via-reaches-major-milestone-1000th-bus-stop-improvement/ 

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Reuse of the materials is allowed with appropriate attribution to the National Institute for Congestion Reduction, 2023.