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Title:

CURRENT TRENDS IN THE VOLUME AND CHARACTERISTICS OF HIGHWAY TRAFFIC

Accession Number:

00228060

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

THE GENERAL TREND IN TRAFFIC VOLUME HAS BEEN DOWNWARD THROUGHOUT 1942 AND 1943 IN ALL SECTIONS OF THE COUNTRY, BUT TO A GREATER DEGREE IN THE EAST. THIS IS DUE TO GASOLINE RATIONING, VIRTUAL ELIMINATION OF SUMMER VACATION TRAFFIC, AND DECLINES IN SUNDAY AND HOLIDAY TRAVEL IN REGIONS WHERE PLEASURE DRIVING BANS HAVE BEEN IN EFFECT. TRAFFIC BY TRUCK COMBINATIONS, HOWEVER, HAS INCREASED SINCE 1940. THE PRESIDENT'S APPEAL FOR SLOWER SPEEDS TO CONSERVE TIRES, ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE STATES IN RESPONSE TO THIS APPEAL, AND THE OFFICE OF DEFENSE TRANSPORTATION ORDER LIMITING SPEEDS TO 35 MPH CAUSED SUCCESSIVE REDUCTIONS IN SPEEDS IN 1942, BUT SPEEDS HAVE TENDED TO INCREASE SLIGHTLY IN 1943. AVERAGE SPEEDS HAVE NEVER BEEN BELOW THE MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE, AND THE PERCENTAGE OF DRIVERS VIOLATING THE ORDER HAS NEVER BEEN LESS THAN 53%. /AUTHOR/

Supplemental Notes:

Vol 23, pp 350-362, 18 FIG. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

Monograph Accession #:

01490408

Authors:

Lynch, J T

Editors:

Crum, Roy W
Burggraf, Fred

Publication Date:

1944 (approximate)

Serial:

Highway Research Board Proceedings

Volume: 23
Publisher: Highway Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Old TRIS Terms:

Subject Areas:

Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jul 18 1971 12:00AM