Highway work zone capacity estimation using field data from Kansas.

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• Creators:
  Dissanayake, Sunanda ; Ortiz, Logan
• Corporate Creators:
  Kansas State University. Dept of Civil Engineering
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Work zones
  • Highway capacity
  • Rural highways
  • Field studies
  • Traffic estimation
  • Traffic flow rate
• Publication/ Report Number:
  InTrans Project 06-277
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Kansas
• Corporate Publisher:
  Smart Work Zone Deployment Initiative
• Abstract:
  Although extensive research has been conducted on urban freeway capacity estimation methods, minimal research has been ; carried out for rural highway sections, especially sections within work zones. This study attempted to fill that void for rural ; highways in Kansas, by estimating capacity of rural highway work zones in Kansas. Six work zone locations were selected for ; data collection and further analysis. An average of six days’ worth of field data was collected, from mid-October 2013 to late ; November 2013, at each of these work zone sites. Two capacity estimation methods were utilized, including the Maximum ; Observed 15-minute Flow Rate Method and the Platooning Method divided into 15-minute intervals. The Maximum Observed ; 15-minute Flow Rate Method provided an average capacity of 1469 passenger cars per hour per lane (pcphpl) with a standard ; deviation of 141 pcphpl, while the Platooning Method provided a maximum average capacity of 1195 pcphpl and a standard ; deviation of 28 pcphpl. Based on observed data and analysis carried out in this study, the suggested maximum capacity can be ; considered as 1500 pcphpl when designing work zones for rural highways in Kansas. This proposed standard value of rural ; highway work zone capacity could be utilized by engineers and planners so that they can effectively mitigate congestion at or ; near work zones that would have otherwise occurred due to construction/maintenance.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/28817/dot_28817_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.69 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:941e4471e744c457a731fa89ea0297bed26bd2e9b2bdb0c40c812572a08ff86e