How does ICM relate to the USDOTs Congestion Initiative?
The USDOT’s Focus on Congestion Relief Web site describes the USDOT’s Congestion Initiative: “In May 2006, then Secretary Norman Mineta announced the National Strategy to Reduce Congestion America’s Transportation Network. This strategy provides the framework for government officials, the private sector, and most importantly, the citizen-user to take the necessary steps to make today’s traffic congestion a thing of the past.” It further states that “solutions will require… improved productivity of existing transportation assets.” ICM is one tool in the congestion management toolbox to accomplish just that: improved productivity of existing assets. The USDOT’s ICM Initiative focuses on providing real-time traveler information, multimodal operations and the use of technology to reduce congestion. Ms. Shelley Row, Director of USDOT’s ITS Joint Program Office, notes that the USDOT’s ICM Initiative “provides a synergistic approach to the Congestion Initiative as it offers the opportunity to
