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Title: OPERATION BIG SWITCH: SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF AN EXPRESS LANE CONCEPT TO MANAGE FREEWAY TRAFFIC DURING A MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PHASE
Accession Number: 00641336
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: As work progressed on the $200 million reconstruction and expansion effort on the U.S. 59 Southwest Freeway in Houston, it was recognized that it was possible for each contractor to concurrently complete Phase 2 and for the traffic shift from this phase to Phase 3 to occur simultaneously. A traffic control plan was adopted to close all entrance and exit ramps, close the outside main lane (dedicating it as a work zone), and maintain express traffic on the remaining two main lanes. The public information and traffic management measures that were implemented during this project are discussed. Results of the strategy are discussed, and conclusions are presented.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1404, Transportation System Management, Parking, and Travel Demand Management. 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 #: 01403252
Language: English
Authors: Borchardt, Darrell WLevine, Steven ZPagination: p. 28-37
Publication Date: 1993
Serial: ISBN: 0309055504
Features: Figures
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; Tables
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TRT Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I73: Traffic Control
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Dec 30 1994 12:00AM
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