Best Practice Operation of Reversible Express Lanes for Kennedy Expressway

The research team will review existing practices and, by analyzing traffic data, will recommend guidelines for a better operation and management of the reversible express lanes along the Kennedy Expressway. The operational rules will be based on several factors, including expected travel demand and projected travel times on the corridor, among other factors.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $220000
• Contract Numbers:

  R27-195

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Illinois Department of Transportation

  2300 S. Dirksen Parkway
  Springfield, IL  United States  62764
• Managing Organizations:

  University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

  Illinois Center for Transportation
  1611 Titan Drive
  Rantoul, IL  United States  61866
• Principal Investigators:

  Mohammadian, Kouros

• Start Date: 20181016
• Expected Completion Date: 20211031
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Data analysis; Expressways; Recommendations; Reversible traffic lanes; Traffic data; Travel demand; Travel time
• Identifier Terms: Kennedy Expressway (Chicago, Illinois)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01714388
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Illinois Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: R27-195
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 22 2019 10:37AM