CONGRESS STREET EXPRESSWAY TRAFFIC CHARACTERISTICS

EXPRESSWAY FACILITIES REACH VOLUMES FOR BEYOND DESIGN REQUIREMENTS SOON AFTER THEY ARE BUILT. THEIR LEVEL OF SERVICE FOR MOST HOURS OF THE DAY IS EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH, HOWEVER, DURING PEAK HOURS WHEN THE PUBLIC CRITICALLY EXPECTS A HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICE, VOLUMES BUILD UP AND INTOLERABLE CONGESTION PREVAILS. THESE PERIODS OF CONGESTION BRING STRONG PUBLIC CRITICISMS AGAINST COSTLY EXPRESSWAYS. THIS STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO ISOLATE THOSE ELEMENTS OF EXPRESSWAY PERFORMANCE WHICH AFFECT TRAFFIC FLOW. /AUTHOR/

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• Authors:
  • Wilkie, Leo G
• Conference:
  • 41st Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 1962-1-8 to 1962-1-12
• Publication Date: 1962

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: pp 24-32
• Monograph Title: Traffic characteristics and intersection capacities I. traffic characteristics as related to highway capacity
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Bulletin
  • Issue Number: 351
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Expressways; Peak hour traffic; Performance; Traffic congestion; Traffic flow; Traffic volume
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00227074
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 13 2004 6:56PM