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.

• Record URL:
  http://ntc.umd.edu/node/167

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $104901
• Contract Numbers:

  DTRT13-G-UTC30

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  University of Maryland, College Park

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  College Park, MD  United States  20742
• Project Managers:

  Zhang, Lei

• Performing Organizations:

  North Carolina State University, Raleigh

  Institute for Transportation Research and Education
  Campus Box 8601
  Raleigh, NC  United States  27695-8601

  National 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