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CHAPTER TWOCHARACTERISTICS AND CATEGORIESOF PLANNED SPECIAL EVENTS2OVERVIEWFigure 2-1Event Traffic Management (Photo courtesy of the Wisconsin DOT.)DAY-OF-EVENT ACTIVITIES ADVANCE PLANNINGPURPOSEThis chapter presents <strong>planned</strong> <strong>special</strong> eventoperations characteristics and associated factorsdefining the scope of event impact ontransportation system operations. It describes<strong>planned</strong> <strong>special</strong> event classificationin terms of event categories and event impactlevel. This chapter also introduces thestakeholder groups organized under thevarious phases of <strong>managing</strong> <strong>travel</strong> <strong>for</strong><strong>planned</strong> <strong>special</strong> <strong>events</strong>.PLANNED SPECIALEVENTCLASSIFICATIONCharacteristicsA <strong>planned</strong> <strong>special</strong> event impacts the transportationsystem by generating an increasein <strong>travel</strong> demand in addition to possiblycausing a reduction in roadway capacity becauseof event staging. The first step towardachieving an accurate prediction of eventgenerated<strong>travel</strong> demand and potential transportationsystem capacity constraints involvesgaining an understanding of the eventPOST-EVENT ACTIVITIESEVENT PROFILE2-1

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