managing travel for planned special events - FHWA Operations ...

PRODUCTSProgramPlanningInstitutionalFrameworksPolicies andRegulationsInfrastructureDeployment3Event OperationsPlanningFeasibilityStudyTrafficManagementPlanTravel DemandManagementOVERVIEWImplementationActivitiesImplementationPlanReview andTestingPersonnelTrainingDay-of-EventActivitiesPost-EventActivitiesFigure 3-4Planned Special Event Management Phases and Associated Productsplanning team, and traffic managementteam.PLANNED SPECIALEVENT CATEGORIESThe first step toward achieving an accurateprediction of event-generated travel demandand potential transportation system capacityconstraints involves gaining an understandingof the event characteristics and howthese characteristics affect transportationoperations. In turn, practitioners can classifythe planned special event in order todraw comparisons between the subject eventand similar historical events to shape travelforecasts and gauge transportation impacts.TrafficManagementParticipantEvaluationTrafficMonitoringPost-EventDebriefingPost-EventReportTable 3-2 lists typical operational characteristicsof a planned special event. Each characteristicrepresents a variable that greatlyinfluences the scope of event operation andits potential impact on the transportationsystem.These event operation characteristics createfive categories of planned special events,indicated in Table 3-3.Discrete/Recurring Event at aPermanent VenueA discrete/recurring event at a permanentvenue occurs on a regular basis at a sitezoned and designed specifically to accom-DAY-OF-EVENT ACTIVITIES ADVANCE PLANNINGPOST-EVENT ACTIVITIESEVENT PROFILE3-9