The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has implemented transportation system management projects to increase the person- and vehicle-carrying capacities of existing facilities and reduce fuel consumption without the expense and urban dislocation required by new construction. The WSDOT has formalized its activities to reduce congestion into a program called the Freeway and Arterial Management Effort (FAME). The basic goal of the FAME program is to improve the operation of the region's urban freeway and arterial systems. The basic objectives of the fame program are to plan, design, and implement a series of systems (and components of systems) that will improve traffic flow and decrease fuel consumption through better driver information, increased usage of HOV facilities, reduced vehicle demand on the transportation network, more productive and efficient operation of existing facilities, better response to traffic incidents, and better planning for future roadway improvements. Japanese Ministry of Construction and OECD/Road Transport Research Programme held the seminar on "future road transport systems and infrastructures in urban areas" in Chiba, Japan on 4th - 6th June 1991 sponsored by the Japanese organizing committee.
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