Traffic Management for Middle Lane Maintenance on Urban Freeways

Details

• Creators:
  Dudek, Conrad L. ; Richards, Stephen H.
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Work zones
  • Traffic flow
  • Freeway operations
  • Traffic control
  • Lane closure
  • Urban areas
  • Freeways
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/TX-80/3+228-2
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Houston (Texas)
• Edition:
  Interim: September 1977- March 1980
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Abstract:
  This report summarizes field evaluation results of two innovative approaches used by District 12 (Houston) of the Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation on for managing traffic during middle lane maintenance operations on a 3-lane urban freeway section. The two approaches are: 1. Traffic shifting with use of the shoulder. 2. Traffic splitting. The results indicated that, compared to the multi-lane closure strategy commonly used at middle lane worksites, both approaches significantly increased capacity and reduced queueing on the freeway.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  2-18-78-228
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/85672/dot_85672_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 436.67 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8672885ecf57e62b967e2301099bb9d3bc1f6975899cddbecaa3ca16ca48feca8da81512464a76d28c3342c58da080b55d078a62d9560d862d3e0a7935682f2d