01084472

Monograph

This collection of 15 papers is concerned with freeway operations and high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) systems. Specific topics discussed include the following: identifying vulnerable sections of a national road network; breakdown in merging sections of urban expressways; traffic diversion effect of ramp metering; modeling freeway diverging behavior; queue size estimation; the benefits of a systemwide adaptive ramp-metering strategy; the effect of detector spacing and sample size on the accuracy of freeway congestion monitoring; Amber alert messages; open road tolling; freeway bottleneck simulation; real-time screening of freeway traffic data; ramp metering effects on merging operations; safety impacts of a freeway managed-lane strategy; HOV lanes and hybrid vehicles; and simulation analysis of truck-restricted and HOV lanes.

English

141p

2007

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309104388

Print

Figures; Photos; References; Tables

Benefits; Bottlenecks; Diverging traffic; Estimating; Freeways; High occupancy vehicle lanes; Highway safety; Hybrid vehicles; Loop detectors; Managed lanes; Merging area; Merging traffic; Monitoring; Ramp metering; Real time data processing; Simulation; Spacing; Traffic congestion; Traffic data; Traffic diversion; Traffic queuing

AMBER Alert

Freeway breakdown; Lane restrictions; Open road tolling; Queue length; Road networks; Sample size; Systemwide adaptive ramp metering; Vulnerable network links

Energy; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; I73: Traffic Control

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jan 16 2008 3:40PM

• Characteristics of Breakdown Phenomenon in Merging Sections of Urban Expressways in Japan
• Evaluating Benefits of A Systemwide Adaptive Ramp-Metering Strategy in Portland, Oregon
• Evaluation of Effects of Ramp Metering on Merging Operations
• Evaluation of Impacts of Open Road Tolling on Main-Line Toll Plaza
• Freeway Bottleneck Simulation, Implementation, and Evaluation
• High-Occupancy Vehicle Lanes and Hybrid Vehicles
• Improving Queue Size Estimation for Minnesota’s Stratified Zone Metering Strategy
• License Plate and Telephone Numbers in Changeable Message Sign Amber Alert Messages
• Methodology for Identifying Vulnerable Sections in a National Road Network
• Modeling Freeway Diverging Behavior on Deceleration Lanes
• Probabilistic Data-Driven Approach for Real-Time Screening of Freeway Traffic Data
• Probe Vehicle Runs or Loop Detectors? Effect of Detector Spacing and Sample Size on Accuracy of Freeway Congestion Monitoring
• Safety Impacts of Freeway Managed-Lane Strategy: Inside Lane for High-Occupancy Vehicle Use and Right Shoulder Lane as Travel Lane During Peak Periods
• Simulation Analysis of Truck-Restricted and High-Occupancy Vehicle Lanes
• Traffic Diversion Effect of Ramp Metering at Individual and System Levels