BAY AREA FREEWAY OPERATIONS STUDY--FINAL REPORT ANALYTIC TECHNIQUES FOR EVALUATING FREEWAY IMPROVEMENTS--PART III OF III ON THE EASTSHORE FREEWAY (I-80) NORTHBOUND

THIS REPORT DOCUMENTS ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES DEVELOPED FOR AND RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE EVALUATION OF VARIOUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS DESIGNED TO RELIEVE CONGESTION ON THE EASTSHORE FREEWAY (I-80) NORTHBOUND STUDY SECTION. THE STUDY INCLUDES PROJECTION OF TRAFFIC DEMAND AND SYSTEM CONDITIONS REQUIRED FOR EVALUATION OF FUTURE IMPROVEMENT ALTERNATIVES, THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODELING PROCEDURES FOR PREDICTING OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF THE FREEWAY SECTION AND OF AN ASSOCIATED NETOWRK OF SURFACE STREETS, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNIQUES OF INVESTMENT ANALYSIS FOR COMPARING IMPROVEMENT ALTERNATIVES. SEVERAL DESIGN AND CONTROL IMPROVEMENTS WERE INVESTIGATED.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Berkeley

  Institute of Transportation and Traffic Engineering
  Berkeley, CA  United States 
• Authors:
  • Aidoo, J F
  • Goedhart, R W
  • May, A D
• Publication Date: 1971-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 174 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Control; Design; Freeway operations; Freeways; Highway design; Mathematical models; Systems analysis; Traffic flow; Travel patterns
• Candidate Terms: Highway economics
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models; Traffic patterns
• Old TRIS Terms: Freeway design models
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225067
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: California Department of Transportation
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rept
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: May 15 1974 12:00AM