WEEKEND RECREATIONAL TRAVEL PATTERNS

HOURLY TRAFFIC PATTERNS ARE PLOTTED FOR SELECTED ROUTES SERVING RECREATION TRAVEL IN MISSOURI. THE PEAK HOURS OF THE YEAR FOR THESE ROUTES ARE CONCENTRATED ON WEEKENDS, PRIMARILY ON SUNDAY. INTERSTATE 44 (US 66) 10 MILES ON A ROUTE CARRYING RECREATION TRAFFIC TO AND FROM A MAJOR URBAN AREA. THE PEAK HOURLY VOLUMES ON THE OUTBOUND LANES ARE ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING 3:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. ON THE INBOUND LANES THE PEAK HOURLY VOLUMES ARE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 3:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M. THE PEAKING PHENOMENON CREATES SPECIAL PLANNING, AND DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS. THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF INCREASING THE LEVEL OF SERVICE BY PROVIDING AN ADDITIONAL LANE ARE ANALYZED AND QUANTIFIED WHERE POSSIBLE. RESULTS SHOW THAT TRAVEL TIME IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT OF AN IMPROVED LEVEL OF SERVICE. THE ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT IT IS REASONABLE TO CONSIDER INVESTMENT FOR ADDITIONAL CAPACITY TO SERVE THE SEASONAL WEEKEND PEAKING. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Highway PlaNNING TECH REPT, NO 18, 29 PP
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Maring, G E
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway capacity; Peak hour traffic; Recreational roads; Travel patterns; Weekends
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00227311
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 10 1971 12:00AM