BAY AREA FREEWAY OPERATIONS STUDY-FINAL REPORT; ANALYTIC TECHNIQUES FOR EVALUATING FREEWAY IMPROVEMENTS-PART I OF III: THE FREEWAY MODEL

THIS PAPER DESCRIBES A FREEWAY MODEL. CHAPTER II IS DEVOTED TO DESCRIBING THE MODEL STRUCTURE AND THE SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS MADE CONCERNING TRAFFIC AND FREEWAY CHARACTERISTICS. CHAPTER III GIVES A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE OPERATION OF THE COMPUTER PROGRAM AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING INPUT DATA. CHAPTER IV CONTAINS THE WORK WHICH WAS DONE TO VERIFY THAT THE COMPUTER PROGRAM WAS OPERATING AS DESIRED. CHAPTER V DISCUSSES SUGGESTED PROCEDURES WHICH WERE ACTUALLY USED IN APPLYING THE COMPLETED FREEWAY MODEL TO A PARTICULAR SECTION OF FREEWAY. FINALLY, CHAPTER VI CONTAINS A LIST OF THE LIMITATIONS OF THE MODEL, INCLUDING BOTH CASES WHERE THE MODEL RESULTS SHOULD BE QUESTIONED AND CASES WHERE POSSIBLY USEFUL FEATURES OF THE MODEL WERE NOT INCLUDED. /FHWA/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract No 13945-13280
• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Berkeley

  Institute of Transportation and Traffic Engineering
  Berkeley, CA  United States 

  California Division of Highways

  Bridge Department
  Sacramento, CA  United States  05914
• Authors:
  • Makigami, Y
  • Woodie, L
  • May, A D
• Publication Date: 1970-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 134 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freeway operations; Freeways; Highway design; Traffic simulation
• Old TRIS Terms: Freeway design models
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225021
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 7 1973 12:00AM