With nearly nine million lane-miles of public roadway and an economy driven by the automobile, interruptions to normal traffic operations for construction and maintenance are inevitable in the U.S.A., … [Read more...] about Development of Breakdown Probability Models and Heavy Vehicle Passenger Car Equivalents for Rural Freeway Work Zones
Rural Highways
Calibration of Vissim Models for Rural Freeway Lane Closures: Novel Approach to the Modification of Key Parameters
The definition of freeway work zone capacity has been a topic of debate for several decades, leaving agencies with limited guidance on predicting the behavior of traffic flow at given volumes for … [Read more...] about Calibration of Vissim Models for Rural Freeway Lane Closures: Novel Approach to the Modification of Key Parameters
Effects of Roadwork Characteristics and Drivers’ Individual Differences on Speed Preferences in a Rural Work Zone
Work zone safety from a psychological perspective has received little attention in scientific literature. Therefore, the present study aims to explore the influence of roadwork characteristics and … [Read more...] about Effects of Roadwork Characteristics and Drivers’ Individual Differences on Speed Preferences in a Rural Work Zone
Practices in One-Lane Traffic Control on a Two-Lane Rural Highway
Temporary traffic control, also known as maintenance of traffic, is critical to minimizing congestion and maintaining mobility during planned and unplanned activities as well as providing a safe work … [Read more...] about Practices in One-Lane Traffic Control on a Two-Lane Rural Highway
Traffic Incident Management on Rural Roads
This program applies traffic incident management (TIM) principles directly to the rural roads context using a two lane road as the example. The program highlights how fundamental TIM principles can be … [Read more...] about Traffic Incident Management on Rural Roads
Model Development for Use of Portable Traffic Signals in Conjunction with Pilot Car Operations at Two-Lane, Two-Way Rural Highway Work Zones
A portable traffic signal (PTS) system is a traffic control device designed to facilitate the movement of one-way traffic at work zones where there is a temporary lane closure. The 2009 edition of the … [Read more...] about Model Development for Use of Portable Traffic Signals in Conjunction with Pilot Car Operations at Two-Lane, Two-Way Rural Highway Work Zones