| Concept of Operations for the US-75 Integrated Corridor in Dallas, Texas |
This document is intended as a high-level Concept of Operations (Con Ops) for the US-75 Corridor in Dallas consisting of freeway, continuous frontage roads, light-rail line, transit bus service, park-and-ride lots, major regional arterial streets, toll roads, bike trails, and intelligent transportation systems (ITS). The purpose of this Con Ops is to answer the questions of who, what, when, where, why and how for the application of an Integrated Corridor Management System (ICM) within this corridor. This Con Ops also defines the roles and responsibilities of the participating agencies and other involved entities. |
Transportation professionals in the field seeking to implement ICM can use this document as a guide to develop their own concept of operation for ICM. Concept exploration is the first step in the ICM lifecycle. |
Transportation infrastructure engineers, managers and operators interested to optimize their multimodal transportation networks through ICM. |
4/08 |
| High-Level Requirements for the US-75 Integrated Corridor in Dallas, Texas |
This document is intended as a listing and discussion of the high-level Requirements for the US-75 Integrated Corridor Management System (ICMS) in Dallas, Texas. This corridor is one of the eight ICM Pioneer Sites. This document describes what the Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) system is to do (the functional requirements), how well it is to perform (the performance requirements), and under what conditions (non-functional and performance requirements). This document sets the technical scope of the system to be built. It is the basis for verifying the system and sub-systems when delivered via the Verification Plan. The purpose of the US-75 ICMS is to implement a multi-modal operations decision support tool enabled by real-time data and live video pertaining to the operation of freeways, arterials, tollways, and public transit. The US-75 ICMS will be a multi-agency, de-centralized operation which will utilize a set of regional systems to integrate the operations of the corridor. |
Transportation professionals in the field involved in, or approaching, the requirements phase of the ICM lifecycle can use this document to help them define their System Requirement Specification (SRS) for their ICMS. |
Transportation infrastructure engineers, managers and operators interested to optimize their multimodal transportation networks through ICM. |
4/08 |
| System Requirement Specification for the IH-10 Integrated Corridor Management System (ICMS) in San Antonio, Texas |
This document captures the requirements of the San Antonio ICM System (ICMS) on the IH-10 Corridor. Requirements are primarily concerned with capturing "what" the system will accomplish as opposed to "how." The document is a valuable and essential component of the system engineering process as part of the ICM project to improve quality and efficiency in implementing the ICM corridor in the San Antonio region. The document captures the system functionality to communicate the information to stakeholders and vendors that would implement the ICMS. Through revisions, the Requirements Specification Document has provided a mechanism for obtaining feedback and refining the system functions. |
Transportation professionals in the field involved in, or approaching, the requirements phase of the ICM lifecycle can use this document to help them define their System Requirement Specification (SRS) for their ICMS. |
Transportation infrastructure engineers, managers and operators interested to optimize their multimodal transportation networks through ICM. |
3/08 |
| Integrated Corridor Management Analysis, Modeling and Simulation (AMS) Methodology |
This document provides an overview of potential ICM analytical approaches that can be used to assess transportation corridor operations. The Analysis, Modeling and Simulation (AMS) framework described in this report identifies strategies and procedures for tailoring AMS general approaches toward individual corridors with different application requirements and modeling characteristics. This report discusses different traffic analysis tools which include macroscopic, mesoscopic, and microscopic models. This report also identifies a list of recommended performance measures for use in ICM AMS; a framework to enable a consistent assessment of existing conditions, application of performance measures, and analysis considerations; an output format for the ICM AMS corridor studies; and a prioritization/cost-benefit framework. See related documents for more information: "ICM AMS Experimental Plan for the Test Corridor" and "Test Corridor Model Description" also in the Knowledgebase. |
Transportation engineers in the field seeking to implement ICM can use this document as a guide to understanding the ICM AMS framework and to apply it to their corridors' needs. Readers can tailor the AMS approach used in the Test Corridor to their corridor's needs, unique conditions and existing tools. Readers will improve their general understanding of ICM, modeling and simulation in general, and the unique contributions that the ICM AMS approach offers corridor managers seeking to optimize their transportation networks. |
Transportation engineers and other professionals at Federal, State and local government agencies interested to optimize their multimodal transportation networks through ICM. |
3/08 |
| Integrated Corridor Management Analysis, Modeling, and Simulation Test Corridor Model Description |
This document provides a description and definition of the test corridor (San Francisco California's I-880 corridor) FHWA used to validate the ICM Analysis, Modeling, and Simulation (AMS) methodology. This document also provides explanatory meta-data including an inventory of the facilities in the test corridor, and the key challenges in providing efficient traffic operations in the test corridor. See related documents for more information: "ICM AMS Methodology" and "ICM AMS Experimental Plan for the Test Corridor" also in the Knowledgebase. |
This document will help orient transportation professionals in the field seeking to implement ICM to ICM and the ICM AMS framework. Understanding the characteristics, challenges, and capabilities of the ICM test corridor can help transportation engineers and managers in other corridors tailor and apply the ICM AMS approach to their corridor's unique conditions and existing tools. Readers will improve their general understanding of ICM, modeling and simulation in general, and the unique contributions that the ICM AMS approach offers corridor managers seeking to optimize their transportation networks. |
Transportation engineers and other professionals at Federal, State and local government agencies interested to optimize their multimodal transportation networks through ICM. |
3/08 |
| Concept of Operations for the I-394 Corridor in Minneapolis, Minnesota |
This Concept of Operations (Con Ops) document describes how an Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) system can effectively manage traffic and inform travelers throughout the corridor for the I-394 corridor in Minneapolis. The I-394 corridor serves as the core of a corridor that is critical to the movement of the over one million residents of Hennepin County. This corridor is served by a combination of three inter-related networks (a freeway network, a series of arterial highways, and a sophisticated transit system operated by three transit agencies). A driving tour of the corridor reveals a network of transit parking facilities, high occupant vehicle (HOV) bypasses; a freeway system that serves as the primary inbound/outbound access as well as serving to connect parallel access routes; and an arterial system that is coordinated and operates effectively and efficiently. In addition, innovations such as congestion pricing through High Occupancy Toll (HOT) lanes, shoulder access to buses, and reversible commuter lanes further add to the potential of the corridor. |
Transportation professionals in the field seeking to implement ICM can use this document as a guide to develop their own concept of operation for ICM. Concept exploration is the first step in the ICM lifecycle. |
Transportation infrastructure managers and operators interested to optimize their multimodal transportation networks through ICM. |
3/08 |
| Concept of Operations for the I-270 Corridor in Montgomery County, Maryland |
This document presents the Concept of Operations (Con Ops) for an Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) system along the I-270 Corridor in Montgomery County, Maryland. It progresses logically from a discussion of characteristics and conditions in the corridor, to an examination of the corridor's transportation operational needs, to identification of an integrated management concept for addressing those needs. The corridor measures approximately 20 miles in length and consists of a variety of transportation networks, including the Freeway Network (including I-270); the Arterial and Connector Route Network (including MD-355); the MARC Commuter Rail Network; the Metrorail Network; the MTA Commuter Bus Network; the Metrobus Network, and; the Ride On Network. |
Transportation professionals in the field seeking to implement ICM can use this document as a guide to develop their own concepts of operation for ICM. Concept exploration is the first step in the ICM lifecycle. |
Transportation infrastructure engineers, managers and operators interested to optimize their multimodal transportation networks through ICM. |
3/08 |
| Concept of Operations for the I-15 Corridor in San Diego, California |
This Concept of Operations (Con Ops) document provides an overview of the San Diego region's Integrated Corridor Management System (ICMS) concept, describes current operations in the I-15 corridor, how they will function in the near term once the ICMS concept is operational, and identifies current and future responsibilities of San Diego regional stakeholders. The 21-mile I-15 corridor, including a Managed Lanes section, is already a model for the multi-modal deployment of the latest and evolving technologies for data collection, demand management, and pricing strategies. The San Diego region continues to seek the benefits of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) through capital investments in transit, highway, and arterial systems, while focusing on data sharing through early adoption of the Regional ITS Architecture. |
Transportation professionals in the field seeking to implement ICM can use this document as a guide to develop their own concept of operation for ICM. Concept exploration is the first step in the ICM lifecycle. |
Transportation infrastructure engineers, managers and operators interested to optimize their multimodal transportation networks through ICM. |
3/08 |
| System Requirement Specification for the I-394 Integrated Corridor Management System (ICMS) in Minneapolis, Minnesota |
The stakeholder agencies that operate transportation systems along the I-394 Corridor on the west side of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area (TCMA) have decided to implement and operate an Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) approach throughout the corridor. The I-394 corridor in Minneapolis, Minnesota is one of the eight ICM Pioneer Sites. Together, the stakeholder agencies have defined a set of User Needs that must be met within the corridor. This System Requirement Specification (SRS) defines the requirements for the Minneapolis I-394 Corridor Integrated Corridor Management System (ICMS). These requirements describe 'what' the ICMS will do to fulfill its role as part of the overall I-394 Integrated Corridor Management approach. |
Transportation professionals in the field involved in, or approaching, the requirements phase of the ICM lifecycle can use this document to help them define their System Requirement Specification (SRS) for their ICMS. |
Transportation infrastructure engineers, managers and operators interested to optimize their multimodal transportation networks through ICM. |
3/08 |
| Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) Analysis, Modeling, and Simulation (AMS) Experimental Plan for the Test Corridor |
This document presents the experimental plan for applying the ICM AMS methodology to a Test Corridor (San Francisco California's I-880 corridor). The experimental plan was developed to test and validate AMS methodologies. This experimental plan identifies strategies, scenarios, and procedures used to tailor AMS general approaches to the Test Corridor. It also presents a framework for integrating existing tools into a internally consistent yet flexible system approach that can support the Test Corridor ICM functional requirements. See related documents for more information: "ICM AMS Methodology" and "Test Corridor Model Description" also in the Knowledgebase. |
Transportation engineers in the field seeking to implement ICM can use this document as a guide to understanding the ICM AMS framework, and applying it to their corridors' needs. Readers can tailor the AMS approach used in the Test Corridor to their corridor's needs, unique conditions and existing tools. Readers will improve their general understanding of ICM, modeling and simulation in general, and the unique contributions that the ICM AMS approach offers corridor managers seeking to optimize their transportation networks. |
Transportation engineers and other professionals at Federal, State and local government agencies interested to optimize their multimodal transportation networks through ICM. |
3/08 |
| System Requirement Specification for the I-270 Integrated Corridor Management System (ICMS) in Montgomery County, Maryland |
This document presents a revised System Requirements Specification (SyRS) for an Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) System along the Interstate-270 Corridor in Montgomery County, Maryland. This corridor is one of the eight ICM Pioneer Sites. It provides a description of the planned ICM System and delineated high-level and detailed requirements for the system. The I-270 ICMS will focus on traveler and operations management decision support by emphasizing corridor transportation systems management, traveler information dissemination, and systems evaluation by leveraging, and improving upon, current data collection, fusion capabilities, and corridor transportation system integration. |
Transportation professionals in the field involved in, or approaching, the requirements phase of the ICM lifecycle can use this document to help them define their System Requirement Specification (SRS) for their ICMS. |
Transportation infrastructure engineers, managers and operators interested to optimize their multimodal transportation networks through ICM. |
3/08 |
| ICM Overview Presentation |
This graphical presentation summarizes the USDOT's ICM Initiative, including the 4 Phases. |
Transportation practitioners can use this presentation to inform partners and stakeholders as well as their management about ICM |
Transportation professionals at all levels (Federal, State and local) |
3/07 |
| Generic ICM Concept of Operations |
This is a high-level Concept of Operations (Con Ops) for a "generic" 15 mile-corridor, consisting of freeway, arterial, bus and rail networks, and serving a central business district. The document's primary purpose is to provide an example of an ICM Con Ops that can be used by agency and network owners as the basis for developing their own corridor-specific and real-world Concept of Operations. |
Transportation professionals in the field seeking to implement ICM can use this document to develop their own concepts of operation for ICM. It can also help transportation professionals at all levels (Federal, State and local) understand all of the elements involved in ICM. It is intended to help practitioners flexibly design their own custom, tailored concept of operations based on their corridor's unique conditions and requirements.
NOTES:
- All information about the generic corridor herein is purely fictional, fabricated based on the Project Team's collective experience, to provide a basis for describing the ICM operational concepts herein. The CONOPS for a real corridor will have more information.
- The actual situation for most real-world corridors will undoubtedly be different from this generic corridor in terms of network types and other corridor characteristics, stakeholders, institutional and technical environments and the ICM concept and operational capabilities as discussed herein. Accordingly, users should tailor the information and/or sections within each chapter of this Generic CONOPS to develop their site-specific ICM CONOPS to meet any and all of their unique corridor conditions.
- The generic corridor and the associated CONOPS does not attempt to be all-inclusive with respect to the types of networks that might be included within a corridor, the ICM stakeholders, and the operational approaches and strategies to be deployed.
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Transportation agency and/or network owners
Transportation professionals at all levels (Federal, State and local) |
4/06 |
| ICM Implementation Guide |
Identifies and discusses the process steps needed to support the implementation and operation of an ICM system. It is intended as a guide for transportation professionals who will be involved in some stage of the life-cycle for an Integrated Corridor Management System (ICMS). |
Transportation professionals in the field who will be involved in some stage of the ICM lifecycle can use this document to gain a high-level overview of the process steps needed to develop, implement and operate an ICM system. It can also help transportation professionals at all levels (Federal, State and local) who are generally interested to learn more about what ICM is and how to implement it. Users should consider the Implementation Guidance as a "summary" document. Users can find more detailed information on the topics covered in this Implementation Guide in the other Foundational Research documents. |
Transportation infrastructure managers and operators |
4/06 |
| Develop Alternative Definitions for Corridor and Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) |
Discusses key attributes that were identified for possible inclusion in definitions used for the ICM initiative. It also presents final versions of these definitions, incorporating comments by FHWA and the ICM stakeholders. |
Transportation professionals in the field involved in some stage of the ICM lifecycle can use this document to help them define their ICM corridor, its boundaries, scope and reach. It offers various stakeholder and historical perspectives of how to define a corridor. |
Transportation infrastructure managers and operators |
4/06 |
| Develop Criteria for Delineating a Corridor |
Presents several guidelines and concepts that need to be considered when determining and delineating corridor boundaries. Its also discusses several approaches for utilizing these concepts and guidelines to identify the boundaries of a corridor. |
Transportation professionals in the field involved in some stage of the ICM lifecycle can use this document to help them define their ICM corridor, its boundaries, scope and reach. |
Transportation infrastructure managers and operators |
4/06 |
| Relationship Between Corridor Management and Regional Management |
Compares and contrasts Integrated Corridor Management and Regional Management, identifying the similarities, differences, and relationships between Integrated Corridor Management and Regional Management. |
Transportation professionals at all levels involved in ICM or regional planning for operations efforts can use this document to help them understand the similarities and distinctions between concepts and terminology of regional management, regional ITS Architectures and ICM as well as how these concepts relate to each other. |
Transportation professionals at all levels (Federal, State and local) |
4/06 |
| ICM Knowledge and Technology Transfer Fact Sheet |
The USDOT developed this visual, 2 page fact sheet (front and back) to help raise awareness about the knowledge and technology transfer resources being made available through the ICM Initiative for transportation practitioners. Pioneer Sites are invited to use any or all of the content and images in support of their own promotional goals and objectives. |
Download copies of the Microsoft Word format for text and request a copy of the .jpg images from USDOT (we can't post them for open downloading due to copyright issues). |
Transportation and public affairs/marketing professionals at all levels (Federal, State and local) seeking to raise awareness in their area or organization about ICM, KTT resources, or their participation as a Pioneer Site. |
1/06 |
| ICM Overview Fact Sheet |
The USDOT developed this visual, 2 page fact sheet front and back) to help raise awareness about ICM in transportation communities. Pioneer Sites are invited to use any or all of the content and images in support of their own promotional goals and objectives. |
Download copies of the Microsoft Word format for text and request a copy of the .jpg images from USDOT (we can't post them for open downloading due to copyright issues). |
Transportation and public affairs/marketing professionals at all levels (Federal, State and local) seeking to raise awareness in their area or organization about ICM. |
1/06 |
| ICM Pioneer Sites Fact Sheet |
The USDOT developed this visual, 2 page fact sheet (front and back) to help raise awareness about the leadership and efforts of the ICM Pioneer Sites in transportation communities. Pioneer Sites are invited to use any or all of the content and images in support of their own promotional goals and objectives. |
Download copies of the Microsoft Word format for text and request a copy of the .jpg images from USDOT (we can't post them for open downloading due to copyright issues). |
Transportation and public affairs/marketing professionals at all levels (Federal, State and local) seeking to raise awareness in their area or organization about ICM or their participation as a Pioneer Site. |
1/06 |
| ICM Knowledgebase Available Now |
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Transportation and public affairs/marketing professionals at all levels (Federal, State and local) seeking to raise awareness in their area or organization about ICM or the ICM Online Knowledgebase for transportation practitioners. |
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| Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) Quarterly Newsletter—Spring 2007 |
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Transportation professionals at all levels (Federal, State and local) |
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