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Title:Fargo-Moorhead Interstate Operations Study: Phase I
End Date:October 2009
Status:Completed

Abstract

Operational deficiencies along the freeway system within the Fargo-Moorhead metropolitan area have been developing at various locations. ATAC assisted the Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Council of Governments (Metro COG) by assessing the peak-hour operational performance of the existing conditions (2008), and the 2015 and 2025 planning horizons. The main effort of the study consisted of constructing a simulation model of the freeway interchanges within the metropolitan area; calibrating the model to reflect the base conditions (2008); and using the model to estimate the operational conditions and more importantly identify the areas of deficiency for the future planning horizons. The results of this analysis will be used as a starting point for phase two of the project, which will identify various types of improvements that can be made to enhance freeway operations for the long term.

The major components of this study were documented in four technical memorandums. A description of the technical memorandums is as follows:

Keywords: Fargo, Moorhead, travel demand model, traffic simulation, VISSIM

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