SPR-4600: Impacts to Traffic Behavior from Queue Warning Truck – Current Pilot Project

Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is implementing a pilot project using traffic queue warning (TQW) trucks for advanced warning of traffic queues on selected interstate projects The objective of this proposal is to develop guidelines for placement considerations adjacent to exits, procedures for monitoring impact of diverting traffic, and assessment protocols for monitoring the effectiveness of TQW on the Interstate.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $150122
• Contract Numbers:

  SPR-4600

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Purdue University/Indiana Department of Transportation JHRP

  Purdue University
  1284 Civil Engineering Building, Room 4154
  West Lafayette, IN  United States  47907-1284
• Principal Investigators:

  Bullock, Darcy

• Start Date: 20210501
• Expected Completion Date: 20221031
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Guidelines; Interstate highways; Location; Performance measurement; Pilot studies; Traffic queuing; Trucks; Variable message signs; Warning systems
• Geographic Terms: Indiana
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01770533
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Indiana Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: SPR-4600
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 26 2021 8:22PM