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Title:

DEVELOPING A SCHEDULING TOOL FOR WORK ZONES ON HOUSTON FREEWAYS

Accession Number:

00396860

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309037611

Abstract:

In Houston the condition of the existing highway network has deteriorated at a far greater rate than can be maintained without affecting traffic severely or endangering the safety of maintenance crews. Consequently, traffic managers have been required to use special techniques, such as real-time traffic control, to maintain an acceptable traffic flow around urban highway maintenance operations during weekday daylight hours. These innovative traffic control strategies require scheduling and planning procedures that have not heretofore been available. The development of just such a scheduling and planning tool is described. The concept of active traffic management in work zones is presented along with a description of a work-zone strategy computer analysis model called Queue and User Cost Evaluation of Work Zones (QUEWZ). A pilot freeway section is used to provide a data base for the development work, and special mapping procedures are used to convey the results of the analysis to traffic managers in Houston.

Supplemental Notes:

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. Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Traffic Safety in Maintenance and Construction Operations.

Monograph Accession #:

01419857

Authors:

Denney Jr, Richard W
Levine, Steven Z

Editors:

Kassabian, Naomi

Pagination:

pp 7-11

Publication Date:

1984

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 979
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

Conference:

63rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board

Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
Date: 1984-1-16 to 1984-1-20

ISBN:

0309037611

Media Type:

Print

Features:

Figures (1) ; Maps (1) ; References (3) ; Tables (4)

Geographic Terms:

Houston Metropolitan Area

Subject Areas:

Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jan 31 1986 12:00AM

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