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Title:

Development and Use of a 700-square mile DTA Model for Corridor Maintenance of Traffic Decision-Making
Cover of Development and Use of a 700-square mile DTA Model for Corridor Maintenance of Traffic Decision-Making

Accession Number:

01520061

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) wanted to develop a dynamic traffic assignment (DTA) model to assist in decision making for a major freeway rehabilitation of the I-96 freeway in the Metro Detroit area. Approximately seven miles of an eight-lane freeway, carrying approximately 160,000 vehicles per day, requires a total reconstruction, including 37 bridges. The DTA model was developed from the Southeastern Michigan Council of Governments travel demand forecasting model utilizing DynusT, a simulation-based DTA software program. As part of the freeway construction, MDOT desired to use the DTA model to assist in the decision-making process of various construction staging scenarios. Over 15 scenarios were tested and compared to the base condition. These scenarios included total closure and maintaining various lanes of travel by direction. The DTA model was overlaid with the various scenarios and used in the public involvement process to aid in decision making. A hot spot analysis was also performed using the DTA model to test various improvements that could be made to the region that would ease the construction of the freeway when it is under construction.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADB50 Transportation Planning Applications. Alternate title: Development and Use of 700-mi2 Dynamic Traffic Assignment Model for Corridor Maintenance Traffic Decision Making

Monograph Accession #:

01503729

Report/Paper Numbers:

14-3816

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Binkowski, Sarah E
Hicks, James E

Pagination:

15p

Publication Date:

2014

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC
Date: 2014-1-12 to 2014-1-16
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; Maps; References; Tables

Geographic Terms:

Detroit (Michigan)

Subject Areas:

Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting; I60: Maintenance; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2014 Paper #14-3816

Files:

PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jan 27 2014 3:19PM