An intelligent decision support system for work zone traffic management and planning : executive summary report.

Details

• Creators:
  Adeli, Hojjat
• Corporate Creators:
  Ohio State University. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science
• Corporate Contributors:
  Ohio. Dept. of Transportation ; United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Work zone traffic control
  • Traffic flow
  • Traffic congestion
  • Highway capacity
  • Intelligent transportation systems
  • Traffic flow--Ohio
  • Traffic congestion--Ohio
  • Highway capacity--Ohio
  • Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems--Ohio
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/OH-2004/002
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Ohio
• Edition:
  Executive summary report.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Ohio. Dept. of Transportation
• Abstract:
  Problem: Periodic resurfacing, rehabilitation, restoration, and reconstruction work is needed on the aging highway system in the state of Ohio to maintain a desired level of service for the traveling public. However, temporary work zones on highways disrupt the normal flow of traffic and reduce the level of service. Freeway work zones have become a major source of traffic congestion and travelers’ delays which result in reduced freeway capacity, increased driver frustration, increased traffic accident, increased road user delay cost, and increased fuel consumption and vehicle emissions. Thus, highway agencies are facing with the challenging problem of effectively planning and managing the work zone to ameliorate its effects on the vehicular traffic. The increasing demand in maintaining an efficient highway system provides the impetus to develop rational and rigorous computer models for reliable estimation of the work zone capacity and traffic queue delay and length to help work zone engineers create effective work zone traffic plans.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  14757(0)
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17513/dot_17513_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 42.67 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1f865732da49fdb101f6a281c9e1d5e6e1fc69f5af44f26382b2c6b6e9ac1e96