Low-Cost Improvements for Recurring Freeway Bottlenecks

The objective of this project was to develop a technical guide for identifying existing and future recurring freeway bottlenecks and determining appropriate low-cost geometric and operational improvements to mitigate them.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=839

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $260000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 03-83

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW, Suite 225
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Project Managers:

  Derr, B

• Performing Organizations:

  Dowling Associates

  180 Grand Avenue, Suite 250
  Oakland, CA  United States  94612
• Principal Investigators:

  Skabardonis, Alexander

• Start Date: 20050810
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20121130
• Source Data: RiP Project 11050

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bottlenecks; Freeway management systems; Incident management; Merging traffic; Queuing; Traffic congestion; Traffic flow
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01546054
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Cooperative Highway Research Program
• Contract Numbers: Project 03-83
• Files: RIP
• Created Date: Dec 2 2014 1:01AM