Alternative approaches for reducing congestion in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

► Baton Rouge ranks the worst for congestion among medium-sized urban areas in the nation. ► Alternative scenarios to ease congestion include upgrading network and bypass construction. ► A travel demand model was used to estimate travel for each alternative. ► Upgrading network relieves congestion more and at less cost than the bypass. ► Adding toll to the bypass reduces the congestion relief provided by the bypass.