Guidelines for Activating Ramp Meters During Off-peak Hours and Weekends
The main goal of this research is to develop specific guidelines and criteria to activate ramp meters during off-peak hours and on weekends in response to non-recurring congestion. The proposed guidelines will enable District Six to use ramp metering to improve traffic operations and safety during off-peak hours and on weekends. The study results and the developed tool could be leveraged across Florida, where ramp metering will be employed. The two specific objectives are: (1) Develop specific procedures to identify operational conditions that justify activating ramp meters during off-peak hours and on weekends. (2) Quantify the potential benefits of activating ramp meters in response to non-recurring congestion during off-peak hours and on weekends.
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $175000
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Contract Numbers:
BDV29 977-62
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Sponsor Organizations:
Florida Department of Transportation
605 Suwannee Street
Tallahassee, FL United States 32399-0450 -
Managing Organizations:
Florida Department of Transportation
Research Center
605 Suwannee Street MS-30
Tallahassee, FL United States 32399-0450 -
Project Managers:
Motta, Alejandro
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Performing Organizations:
Florida International University
Division of Research
11200 SW 8th St, MARC 430
Miami, FL United States 33199 -
Principal Investigators:
Alluri, Priyanka
- Start Date: 20210105
- Expected Completion Date: 20220531
- Actual Completion Date: 0
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Guidelines; Highway operations; Nonrecurrent congestion; Off peak periods; Ramp metering; Traffic safety; Weekends
- Geographic Terms: Florida
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01762274
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Florida Department of Transportation
- Contract Numbers: BDV29 977-62
- Files: RiP, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Jan 14 2021 3:00PM