This report summarizes the improved data base and analysis tools developed as part of Study 1108 for analyzing the travel impacts of freeway maintenance and reconstruction activities. The data base … [Read more...] about Traffic Pattern Assessment and Road User Delay Costs Resulting from Roadway Construction Options
Temporary Traffic Control
User’s Manual for QUEWZ-92
QUEWZ-92 is a microcomputer analysis tool for planning and scheduling use in freeway work zone lane closures. It analyzes traffic conditions on a freeway segment with and without a lane closure in … [Read more...] about User’s Manual for QUEWZ-92
1991 Transportation Engineering Research Reports
The engineering research reports in this document resulted from the second year of the Undergraduate Transportation Engineering Fellows Program during the summer of 1991. The ten-week program, … [Read more...] about 1991 Transportation Engineering Research Reports
Natural Diversion at Temporary Work Zone Lane Closures on Urban Freeways in Texas
The report documents the results of eleven field studies at temporary work zone lane closures on urban freeways in Texas. Study results indicated a large amount of natural diversion occurred at those … [Read more...] about Natural Diversion at Temporary Work Zone Lane Closures on Urban Freeways in Texas
Updated Short-Term Freeway Work Zone Lane Closure Capacity Values
This report reviews previous studies of work zone capacity, summarizes the analysis of new capacity data collected as part of Study 1108, and presents recommendations for estimating the capacity of … [Read more...] about Updated Short-Term Freeway Work Zone Lane Closure Capacity Values
Model to Calculate the Road User Costs at Work Zones
This report presents a model, QUEWZ, which can be used to calculate the user costs resulting from lane closures through a work zone. QUEWZ calculates the delay costs and speed-change cycling costs of … [Read more...] about Model to Calculate the Road User Costs at Work Zones