A REVERSIBLE ONE-WAY STREET SYSTEM
THE CITY OF HAMILTON, ONTARIO , IS DIVIDED INTO TWO LEVELS BY THE NIAGARA ESCARPMENT, WHICH EXTENDS THROUGH THE CITY FROM EAST TO WEST. VIRTUALLY ALL THE INDUSTRY, WHICH PROVIDES THE BULK OF THE EMPLOYMENT, AND THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT ARE LOCATED ON THE LOWER LEVEL NORTH OF THE ESCARPMENT, WHILE MORE THAN 80,000 PEOPLE RESIDE ON THE UPPER LEVEL TO THE SOUTH. A VERY LIMITED SYSTEM OF ROADS CONNECTS THE TWO LEVELS, AND BY 1962 ALL WERE CARRYING VOLUMES AT OR CLOSE TO THEIR POSSIBLE CAPACITY. PLANNED IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FORM OF NEW ROADS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED UNTIL AFTER 1970 AND IT WAS THEREFORE NECESSARY TO CREATE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY FOR THE INTERIM PERIOD. THE METHOD USED IS A REVERSIBLE ONE-WAY STREET SYSTEM, OPERATING DOWNBOUND IN THE MORNING RUSH PERIOD, UPBOUND IN THE AFTERNOON RUSH PERIOD AND TWO-WAY AT ALL OTHER TIMES. CONTROL DEVICES EMPLOYED CONSIST OF LARGE SPECIAL SIGNS, SUPPLEMENTED BY TRAFFIC SIGNAL SECTIONS AND MANUALLY- OPERATED GATES. CAPACITY, IN THE PEAK DIRECTION, WAS INCREASED BY MORE THAN 250%, WITH A REDUCTION IN THE ACCIDENT RATE. /AUTHOR/
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Supplemental Notes:
- pp 321-325, 3 PHOT, 4 FIG
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Authors:
- Ewens, W E
- Publication Date: 1966-9
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Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Crash rates; Gates; Highway capacity; Highway planning; Manual control; One way streets; Peak hour traffic; Peak periods; Reversible traffic lanes; Traffic; Traffic control devices; Traffic signals; Traffic signs
- Old TRIS Terms: Traffic planning
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00225088
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: CANADIAN GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jan 30 1994 12:00AM