REVERSIBLE CENTER-LANE TRAFFIC SYSTEM-DIRECTIONAL AND LEFT- TURN USAGE

TRAFFIC OPERATIONS ON MICHIGAN AVE., US 12, IN DEARBORN, WHICH CARRIES APPROXIMATELY 46,000 VEHICLES PER DAY IN BOTH DIRECTIONS - PRIMARILY THROUGH TRAFFIC WITH HEAVY DIRECTIONAL MOVEMENTS DURING THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON PEAK PERIODS - ARE REVIEWED TO DETERMINE POSSIBLE METHODS FOR IMPROVING TRAFFIC OPERATIONS. THIS STREET IS A DIVIDED ARTERIAL WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A 1.2-MI SECTION IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE CITY. THE ACCIDENT RATE OF 1920 ACCIDENTS PER HUNDRED MILLION VEHICLE-MILES WAS CONSIDERABLY HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGE FOR THE AREA. THIS FACTOR, COUPLED WITH THE DAILY CONGESTION, JUSTIFIED THE INTEREST AND CONCERN FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE OPERATIONAL SYSTEM SELECTED FOR APPLICATION WAS A CENTER REVERSIBLE LANE SYSTEM. AN EVALUATION OF THE SYSTEM OPERATION IS PRESENTED WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE SYSTEM AND OF A NEW COMBINATION ELECTRICAL SIGN AND SIGNAL FOR LANE-USAGE CONTROL WHICH WAS DEVELOPED.

• Record URL:
  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrr/1966/151/151-001.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper sponsored by Committee on Traffic Control Devices and presented at the 45th Annual Meeting. 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.
• Authors:
  • DeRose Jr, Frank
• Publication Date: 1966

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1-17
• Monograph Title: Traffic control devices
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 151
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash rates; Direction signs; Divided highways; Evaluation; Highway operations; Median lanes; Peak hour traffic; Reversible traffic lanes; Traffic; Traffic congestion; Traffic control; Traffic signals
• Geographic Terms: Dearborn (Michigan)
• Old TRIS Terms: Center lane; Directional sign; Traffic control systems
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225107
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Dec 12 1994 12:00AM