EFFECT OF LANE CLOSURE ON TRAFFIC DELAYS

A QUICK APPROACH IS PRESENTED TO ESTIMATE THE AVERAGE DELAY BY SPLEED AND VOLUME GROUPS FOR A ONE-WAY TWO-LANE ROAD WHICH HAS ONE LANE BLOCKED FOR A KNOWN DISTANCE. CURVES ARE ALSO GIVEN FOR THE DAILY COST AS A FUNCTION OF THE SPEED DISTRIBUTION, VOLUME, AND LENGTH OF BLOCKAGE UTILIZING A COST OF 208 PENCE (APPROXIMATELY $2.08 U.S.) PER HOUR. /BPR/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 11, pp 373-375
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• Authors:
  • Ashworth, R
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Media Info

• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Estimates; Queuing; Traffic delays; Traffic speed; Traffic volume
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00227253
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Traffic Systems Reviews & Abstracts
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 15 1970 12:00AM