Freeway work zones with patching, paving, lane marking, debris removing, and weeding cause temporary capacity reduction in the freeway and may lead to non-recurrent traffic congestion. Such … [Read more...] about Assessment of Non-Recurrent Traffic Congestion Caused by Freeway Work Zones and its Statistical Analysis with Unobserved Heterogeneity
Traffic Congestion
Determining Queue and Congestion in Highway Work Zone Bottlenecks
This study investigated some of the issues in capacity, queue length, and delay estimation in work zones. In particular, the current methods for analyzing congestion in work zones are examined. … [Read more...] about Determining Queue and Congestion in Highway Work Zone Bottlenecks
TomTom to Provide Real Time Traffic Data to Assist Maastricht in Minimizing Traffic Disruption During Major Construction Work on the A2
TomTom will provide real time traffic data to Avenue2, the construction company in charge of building a new tunnel under the A2 motorway. With this information Avenue2 can monitor in real time the … [Read more...] about TomTom to Provide Real Time Traffic Data to Assist Maastricht in Minimizing Traffic Disruption During Major Construction Work on the A2
A Spatial Queuing Approach to Optimize Coordinated Signal Settings to Obviate Gridlock in Adjacent Work Zones
Gridlock is defined when traffic comes to a complete halt inducing huge delays. If a work zone on a two-lane two-way highway is set up, in which one of the traffic lanes is closed for maintenance road … [Read more...] about A Spatial Queuing Approach to Optimize Coordinated Signal Settings to Obviate Gridlock in Adjacent Work Zones
User Delay Costs Due to Work Zone Operations Near Echo Junction
With the increasing number of road rehabilitation projects across the United States, the need to reduce user costs due to congestion is more important than ever. The Utah Department of Transportation … [Read more...] about User Delay Costs Due to Work Zone Operations Near Echo Junction
Quantifying Incident-Induced Travel Delays on Freeways Using Traffic Sensor Data: Phase II
Traffic incidents cause approximately 50 percent of freeway congestion in metropolitan areas, resulting in extra travel time and fuel cost. Quantifying incident-induced delay (IID) will help people … [Read more...] about Quantifying Incident-Induced Travel Delays on Freeways Using Traffic Sensor Data: Phase II