This course explains how demand management relates seven key policy objectives into a transportation plan, as well as how demand management can be integrated into four levels of transportation planning. The content includes informational tools for evaluating demand management. The material is based on Integrating Demand Management into the Transportation Planning Process: A Desk Reference, Publication No. FHWA-HOP-12-035 Chapters 1 through 3.

After completing this course, the learner will have a better understanding of integrating Travel Demand Management (TDM) with the planning process, as well as an understanding of the following topics:

• Use of the desk reference
• Evolving roles of demand management
• Travel choices for reliable travel
• Economics of TDM
• Applications of TDM to policy issues
• Congestion reduction, system reliability, and safety