Highway work zones reduce available lanes for traffic, form traffic bottlenecks, and cause traffic delays and congestion. The additional travel time and effort involved in changing driving maneuvers … [Read more...] about A Model for Estimating Excess User Costs at Highway Work Zones
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Optimal Work Zone Lengths for Two-Lane Highways
Highway pavement maintenance is very expensive not only in terms of costs to the responsible agencies, but also in terms of disruptive delays to users. Construction and maintenance activities on … [Read more...] about Optimal Work Zone Lengths for Two-Lane Highways
Literature Review of Methods to Determine Road User Costs in Construction Zones
As freeway construction increases with the need to expand, repair and maintain the existing infrastructure, the desire to quantify the inconvenience or delay costs to the user of the freeway … [Read more...] about Literature Review of Methods to Determine Road User Costs in Construction Zones
Development for Improved Motorist User Cost Determinations for FDOT Construction Projects
When a motorist encounters a highway construction work zone, there are some additional road user costs that are incurred as a consequence of the traffic flow interruptions and delays associated with … [Read more...] about Development for Improved Motorist User Cost Determinations for FDOT Construction Projects
Modification of QUEWZ Model to Estimate Fuel Costs and Tailpipe Emissions
Traffic congestion created by urban highway construction and rehabilitation activity imposes substantial cost burdens on highway users. In their attempts to quantify and predict such costs, … [Read more...] about Modification of QUEWZ Model to Estimate Fuel Costs and Tailpipe Emissions
Some Effects of Traffic Control on Four-Lane Divided Highways
Nine field studies were conducted on four-lane divided highways in Texas and Oklahoma to evaluate two alternative traffic control approaches: single-lane closure in one direction versus a crossover … [Read more...] about Some Effects of Traffic Control on Four-Lane Divided Highways