Technological improvement

[barbara]

Hello

While the root causes of traffic congestion have long been understood, there is now broad consensus that congestion generally reflects a fundamental imbalance of supply and demand. We can bring the transportation system supply and demand into alignment through congestion pricing (demand) and through Operational and Technological Improvements - how we can better manage and operate the transportation system (supply) to relieve congestion.

Recurring congestion (non-optimized supply not meeting user demand) experienced by drivers on the road today is caused by physical bottlenecks and poor traffic signal timing. Other congestion events are caused by non-recurring factors, such as crashes and other incidents, highway construction, and bad weather. The goal is to have transportation system managers manage these recurring and nonrecurring conditions successfully (in conjunction with a congestion pricing approach to balancing supply and demand) so that the system is optimized and more efficient.