CONVERSION OF FREEWAY SHOULDERS TO TRAFFIC LANES FOR LOCAL CONGESTION RELIEF

The approach applied in this study was divided into two parts consisting of five major tasks. In part 1, all issues and concerns related to the use of freeway shoulders were addressed, and general conclusions derived. In part II, a case study, the conclusions derived in part 1 were applied to one specific section of the hwy 401. The case study of part II translates the conclusions of part 1 into an evaluation process and serves to illustrate the site-specific nature of this alternative. The use of freeway shoulders is not the only way to eliminate local bottlenecks on freeways. For any given site, the use of the freeway shoulder should be considered as one possible alternative which must compete against various other solutions to the same problem. (Author/TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Ontario Ministry of Transportation & Communic, Can

  1201 Wilson Avenue
  Downsview, Ontario M3M 1J8,   Canada 
• Authors:
  • Abrahamsohn, G A
• Publication Date: 1982-10

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 50 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freeways; Improvements; Road shoulders; Traffic congestion; Traffic control; Traffic lanes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Decreases; Use
• Old TRIS Terms: Shoulder usage
• ITRD Terms: 632: Congestion (traffic); 9009: Decrease; 2916: Hard shoulder; 2752: Motorway; 654: Traffic control; 2827: Traffic lane; 9084: Use
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00379851
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 30 1984 12:00AM