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
• Contract Numbers:

  BDV29 977-62

• 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

• 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