Atlanta Centennial Olympic Games and Paralympic Games event study, 1996. Final report, July 1996--August 1996

Technical Report · Sun Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1998

OSTI ID:6457350

Amodei, R; Bard, E; Brong, B; Cahoon, F; Jasper, K

The Atlanta metropolitan region was the location of one of the most ambitious Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) deployments in the United States. This deployment included several individual projects--a Central Transportation Management Center (TMC), six Traffic Control Centers (TCCs), one Transit Information Center (TIC), The Travel Information Showcase (TIS), and the extension of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) Rail network and the new high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes on I-85 and I-75. The 1996 Atlanta Centennial Olympic Games and Paralympic Games created a focus for these projects. All of these systems were to be brought on-line in time for the Olympic Games. This report presents the findings of the 1996 Olympic and Paralympic Games Events Study--a compilation of findings of system performance, the benefits realized, and the lessons learned during their operations over the event period. The study assessed the performance of the various Travel Demand Management (TDM) plans employed for Olympic Games traffic management.

• Research Organization: Booz-Allen and Hamilton, Inc., McLean, VA (United States); Federal Highway Administration, Office of Safety and Traffic Operations Research and Development, McLean, VA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6457350
• Report Number(s): PB-99-142432/XAB; CNN: DTFH61-94-C-00207
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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