"We can't build our way out of congestion" was a phrase often heard throughout the transportation profession in recent years. Such is the case in the Washington DC region where the Texas Transportation Institute has ranked it in the Top 3 most congested urban areas in the United States since 1992. This paper will discuss the Incident Management (IM) plan proposed to support the Woodrow Wilson Bridge (WWB) Project. This $2+ billion multi-year construction project along a 7-mile critical I-95 link of the Washington Beltway places a high priority on IM to manage congestion during and after construction. The IM plan will dedicate resources and take advantage of advanced technologies to increase the opportunity for success by expanding and broadening alternatives to traditional IM practices and methods to maintain available roadway capacity. These strategies have also shown the most promise to offset construction impacts in a cost effective manner and are consistent with regional societal changes that are being driven by motorists demands and advancements in technology. The paper will review in detail the: Purpose of the WWB IM Plan; Approach to plan development; Goals, objectives, recommended strategies, deployment costs, and anticipated benefits; Evaluation plan for major strategies to be implemented; and Design recommendations (e.g., physical features) to proposed roadway and bridge infrastructure that are being advanced during the design phase that will facilitate IM functions along the new expanded facility.
Samenvatting