Implications of Highway Capacity Manual on Freeway Measure of Effectiveness: A Case Study

Abstract

The Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area's rapid population and employment annual growth rate of 2.5 percent leading an opportunity for transportation infrastructure development. The forecasted growth will add demand, new number of trips, persons, vehicles, and vehicle hour travel, vehicle miles travel in the two principal Interstates (I-29 and I-94) in the Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area. Consequentially, due to the increasing demand, interstates planning performance could be affected significantly in this area and will increase congestion, and thus, require a study with measuring of effectiveness in planning context. Therefore, a study of interstate within the Fargo-Moorhead metro area will be performed with measuring the deficiencies of several parameters such as volume, capacity, and level of service. The study will identify and provide guidance on congested areas incurred due to the forecasted/induced travel demand.