1.0 Introduction
The concept of Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) is the coordination of individual network operations between parallel facilities that creates an interconnected system capable of cross network travel management. An ICM corridor is defined as a combination of discrete parallel surface transportation networks (e.g., freeway, arterial, transit networks) that link the same major origins and destinations. ICM corridors are defined operationally rather than geographically or organizationally (http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/crt/roadmaps/icmprgmplan.cfm).
In Task 2.3 of the ICM Tools, Strategies and Deployment Support project, Cambridge Systematics developed a methodology for conducting Analysis, Modeling, and Simulation (AMS) for ICM corridors. The AMS Methodologies document provides a discussion of potential ICM analytical approaches for the assessment of generic corridor operations. This document, the AMS Experimental Plan, lays out the scope of analysis that will be conducted through the application of the AMS methodology to the Test Corridor. The specific objectives of the Experimental Plan are:
- Create an AMS framework that identifies strategies, scenarios, and procedures for tailoring AMS general approaches towards the Test Corridor; and
- Specify the AMS framework, based on the analysis and application of existing tools, and integrating existing tools into an internally consistent and flexible system approach that is able to support the Test Corridor ICM functional requirements.
The purpose of the Test Corridor modeling is to perform a pilot study to evaluate:
- Proof of concept for the AMS framework;
- Development and application of interfaces for flow of data between modeling tools; and
- AMS application of a subset of ICM strategies to the test corridor.
This report is organized as follows:
- Section 2.0 provides the modeling approach and AMS tools for the Test Corridor;
- Section 3.0 presents ICM strategies and analysis scenarios that will be applied for the Test Corridor;
- Section 4.0 presents the calibration and validation methodology for the Test Corridor AMS;
- Section 5.0 presents the performance measures that will be applied to the Test Corridor AMS; and
- Section 6.0 summarizes the report and presents the risks and applicability associated with the suggested modeling.