Impact of Level of Service (LOS) on the Driver's Behavior on Arterials
Conventional freeway analysis often focuses on mobility improvements. However, improving mobility performance measures not only improves the Level of Service (LOS) but also produces several other types of benefits. This proposed research intends to investigate driving behavior as a function of surrounding traffic conditions in order to evaluate benefits from fuel cost and emission savings. By identifying the impacts of traffic conditions on the driver’s behavior (shown in the red section), a more comprehensive analysis can be performed, resulting in more accurate planning and operation. Ultimately, these improvements can lead to decreased public expenditures as well as costs to facility users.
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Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $104901
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Contract Numbers:
DTRT13-G-UTC30
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Sponsor Organizations:
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
University Transportation Centers Program
Department of Transportation
Washington, DC United States 20590University of Maryland, College Park
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
College Park, MD United States 20742 -
Project Managers:
Zhang, Lei
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Performing Organizations:
North Carolina State University, Raleigh
Institute for Transportation Research and Education
Campus Box 8601
Raleigh, NC United States 27695-8601National Center for Transportation Management, Research and Development
Morgan State University
1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Montebello D-206
Baltimore, MD United States 21251 -
Principal Investigators:
Aghdashi, Behzad
Chavis, Celeste
- Start Date: 20160515
- Expected Completion Date: 20180331
- Actual Completion Date: 0
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Behavior; Benefits; Drivers; Level of service; Mobility; Pollutants; Traffic flow
- Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01590606
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: National Transportation Center @ Maryland, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OST-R), U.S. Department of Transportation (US DOT)
- Contract Numbers: DTRT13-G-UTC30
- Files: UTC, RiP
- Created Date: Feb 18 2016 9:27PM