U.S. Highway 280 alternatives analysis and visualization

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• Creators:
  Jones, Steven L. ; Sullivan, Andrew
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Alabama. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering ; Birmingham Regional Planning Commission
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Travel demand
  • Travel demand management
  • Access control (Transportation)
  • Visualization
  • Digital simulation
  • Traffic flow
  • Simulation
  • Alternatives analysis
  • Urban interchange
  • Access management
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  UTCA 04408
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  Alabama
• Edition:
  Final Report: June 2003 ¿ Jones 2005
• Corporate Publisher:
  University Transportation Center for Alabama
• Abstract:
  The Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham (RPCGB), with coordination from Progress 280 and ; the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT), initiated the current study to utilize microscopic traffic ; simulation to examine the effects of various alternatives on traffic flow along the U.S 280 corridor. A total of ; seven alternatives were analyzed. The alternatives are categorized into the following scenarios: existing ; conditions, urban interchange alternatives, parallel corridor alternative, at-grade improvements alternative and ; transit alternative. The results showed that high quality facilities such as urban interchanges improved flow along ; some sections of the corridor and exacerbated existing problems in other sections. Alternatives to reduce the ; traffic demand on U.S. 280 (parallel corridor and transit) were shown to have negligible effects on traffic ; operations throughout the corridor as a whole. Similarly, at-grade improvements at intersections along the ; corridor were to result in little corridor-level improvements. Ultimately, the results indicated that a combination ; of additional lanes and at-grade improvements at various locations along the corridor would yield the most travel ; time savings throughout the corridor. The project also showcased the use of the microscopic traffic simulation ; package AIMSUN and its 3-D animation capabilities.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTRS98-G-0028
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/16147/dot_16147_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.20 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:9e2716a5c211203f6150c9eb0b3b3811c86ba887f15b787d114031b41ec6012c