BAY AREA OPERATING STUDY

THE DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF A COMPUTERIZED TECHNIQUE FOR EVALUATING HEAVY FREEWAY TRAFFIC FLOW UNDER VARIOUS ROADWAY AND TRAFFIC CONDITIONS IS DESCRIBED. THE MODEL IS, BASICALLY, A MICRO-TOOL FOR BRINGING TOGETHER PRIOR CAPACITY KNOWLEDGE IN A SYSTEMIZED WAY SO AS TO DETERMINE HOW GEOMETRIC OR OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS WILL AFFECT TRAFFIC CONGESTION. THE DECISION MAKER MAY THEN SELECT THE OPTIMUM IMPROVEMENT PLAN. /FHWA/

• 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

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Makigami, Y
  • Woodie, L
  • May, A D
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computers; Freeway operations; Traffic congestion; Traffic flow
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224994
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: C-1-10
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 8 1971 12:00AM