SEARCHING FOR THE BEST LOCATIONS FOR SERVICE FACILITIES ALONG A FREEWAY
TWO MODELS WERE USED TO FIND THE OPTIMAL LOCATIONS FOR SERVICE FACILITIES ALONG A FREEWAY. THE FIRST ONE IS A SIMULATION MODEL CALLED FREEQ. FOR A GIVEN ACCIDENT OR INCIDENT ON THE FREEWAY, FREEQ CAN BE EMPLOYED TO GENERATE ALL NECESSARY INFORMATION, SUCH AS TOTAL TRAVEL TIME AND INDIVIDUAL AVERAGE TRAVEL TIME ON THE FREEWAY, PROVIDED THAT THE DEMAND PATTERN AND THE PHYSICAL CONFIGURATION OF THE FREEWAY ARE KNOWN. BASED ON THESE RESULTS, AN OPTIMIZATION MODEL IS USED TO SEARCH FOR THE BEST LOCATIONS FOR SERVICE FACILITIES SO THAT THE TOTAL DELAY TIME CAUSED BY THE ACCIDENT OR INCIDENT OR THE RESPONSE TIME OF THE SERVICE UNIT IS MINIMIZED. THE EAST-SHORE FREEWAY IN THE SAN FRAN- CISCO BAY AREA WAS CHOSEN TO BE THE STUDY AREA. THUS, A NUMERICAL PROBLEM IS ALSO GIVEN.
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- Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Motorist Services and Committee on Freeway Operations. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
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Authors:
- Chow, We-Min
- May, Adolf D
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Discussers:
- Hess, Robert L
- Carter, Everett C
- Wattleworth, Joseph A
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Conference:
- 52nd Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
- Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
- Date: 1973-1-22 to 1973-1-26
- Publication Date: 1973
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 19-35
- Monograph Title: Motorist communications and services
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Serial:
- Highway Research Record
- Issue Number: 450
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Freeways; Location; Mathematical models; Service stations; Service time
- Uncontrolled Terms: Models
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00226805
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0309021820
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Feb 12 2000 12:00AM