00308579

Component

http://onlinepubs.trb.org...s/trr/1979/722/722-005.pdf

https://scholar.google.co...udek&publication_year=1979

Five studies of freeway motorists' opinions were conducted to determine preferences and reported behavior with respect to hypothetical displayed messages about time delays. Major findings were that the average person stated that he or she would divert from a freeway if the delay duration displayed was 15-20 min and would divert to a bypass route if the time saved displayed was 5-10 min. Incident type, traffic conditions, and regional differences in the driver samples were not important factors. The message major accident implied at least a 22-min delay, and Minor Accident implied no more than a 12-min delay. The term "delay" was used in reference to unusual condtions at the time of day the message was displayed rather than time held up in traffic. Avoiding delay, saving time, and comparing travel time are all effective messages for describing advantages in taking a bypass route, but comparative travel time takes longer to read. /Author/

Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Freeway Operations. 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

01411553

pp 36-40

1979

Transportation Research Record

0309029724

Print

Figures (7) ; References (6)

Consumer behavior; Consumer preferences; Driver information systems; Drivers; Freeways; Highway traffic control; Reaction time; Savings; Traffic delays; Traffic diversion; Travel time; Variable message signs

Driver reaction

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management

TRIS, TRB

Apr 22 1980 12:00AM

• ANALYSIS OF FREEWAY TRAFFIC TIME-SERIES DATA BY USING BOX-JENKINS TECHNIQUES
• AUTOMOBILE DIVERSION: A STRATEGY FOR REDUCING TRAFFIC IN SENSITIVE AREAS
• DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF A FREEWAY PRIORITY-LANE MODEL
• DEVELOPMENT OF A TRANSPORT SYSTEM MANAGEMENT PLANNING PROCESS IN THE DELAWARE VALLEY REGION
• DEVELOPMENT OF FREEWAY INCIDENT-DETECTION ALGORITHMS BY USING PATTERN-RECOGNITION TECHNIQUES
• EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE INTERDEPENDENCE OF PARKING RESTRICTIONS AND MODAL USE
• EVALUATION OF THE I-35 ROUTE REDESIGNATION IN SAN ANTONIO
• FREFLO: A MACROSCOPIC SIMULATION MODEL OF FREEWAY TRAFFIC
• HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE CONSIDERATIONS ON AN ARTERIAL CORRIDOR IN PENSACOLA, FLORIDA
• IMPROVED AIR QUALITY THROUGH TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
• INCIDENT-DETECTION ALGORITHMS PART 1. OFF-LINE EVALUATION
• INCIDENT-DETECTION ALGORITHMS. PART 2. ON-LINE EVALUATION
• PLANNING RAIL STATION PARKING: APPROACH AND APPLICATION
• RESULTS OF IMPLEMENTING LOW-COST FREEWAY INCIDENT-MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES
• SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS IN THE USE OF ON-STREET PARKING