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... A P P E N D I X E Analysis Methodology, Tools, and Plan E-1 As part of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Traffic Analysis Toolbox (Volume XIII)
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... E-2 Broadening Integrated Corridor Management Stakeholders implications associated with mode shift) , mesoscopic simulation (utilized to analyze regional strategies such as traveler information and pricing)
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... Analysis Methodology, Tools, and Plan E-3 travel times, travel speeds, and even origin-destination information can now be obtained inexpensively from private-sector data sources. Traffic volumes however are still needed at many locations in the analysis network.
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... E-4 Broadening Integrated Corridor Management Stakeholders FIGURE E.1. Integrated Corridor Management Analysis, Modeling, and Simulation approach work steps (Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology and Cambridge Systematics, Inc., 2017)
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... Analysis Methodology, Tools, and Plan E-5 FIGURE E.2. Overview of Workstep 1: Develop Analysis Plan (Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology and Cambridge Systematics, Inc.)
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... E-6 Broadening Integrated Corridor Management Stakeholders Challenges. Some of the major challenges observed in developing the analysis plan are listed below.
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... Analysis Methodology, Tools, and Plan E-7 freeway, arterial, and transit program and technical managers, engineers, and analysts; transportation planners; and technical modeling and simulation experts.
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... E-8 Broadening Integrated Corridor Management Stakeholders FIGURE E.4. Example outline for Data Collection Plan (Cambridge Systematics, Inc., 2012)
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... Analysis Methodology, Tools, and Plan E-9 quality issues with operations personnel familiar with the data source during the development of the data collection plan in order to understand and anticipate any problems with data source reliability, data accuracy or other condition specific issues (e.g., inaccurate speeds recorded during high volume periods)
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... E-10 Broadening Integrated Corridor Management Stakeholders FIGURE E.5. Overview of Workstep 3: Model Setup and Calibration (Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology and Cambridge Systematics, Inc.)
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... Analysis Methodology, Tools, and Plan E-11 For incidents, or non-recurring congestion, the following example guideline model calibration criteria were developed as part of the ICM AMS effort (Note: The ICM AMS work was conducted while the Traffic Analysis Toolbox Volume III guide was being updated. These calibration criteria were used to augment the 2003 guidance prior to the 2017 guidance becoming formalized.
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... E-12 Broadening Integrated Corridor Management Stakeholders The time, staffing, and computing resources required to complete this task can be significant. The analyst managers are encouraged to plan carefully for these resources prior to initiating this task and to provide sufficient flexibility in scheduling these resources to address unforeseen issues that may arise during the work step completion.
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... Analysis Methodology, Tools, and Plan E-13 Challenges. Some challenges that may be encountered during this work step of the AMS are described below.
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... E-14 Broadening Integrated Corridor Management Stakeholders FIGURE E.7. Overview of Workstep 5: Continuous Improvement (Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology and Cambridge Systematics, Inc.)
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... Analysis Methodology, Tools, and Plan E-15 FIGURE E.8. Continuous process improvement for Integrated Corridor Management (Karl Wunderlich, Noblis, 2010)

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