ATLANTA REBUILDS FREEWAY SYSTEM WHILE MAINTAINING TRAFFIC FLOW

The rebuilding of Atlanta's 194-kilometer freeway system transforming a 4-lane facility to a 8-lane, and in some cases, 10-lane facility, has reduced morning and afternoon peak hour travel times and increased the average operational speeds by 16 kilometers per hour. The system was rebuilt under traffic with two lanes of traffic operating in each direction at all times. This was accomplished by making maximum use of adjacent surface streets, and by careful operational scheduling. Operating speeds were not reduced during construction, except in short intervals for specific operations which were announced ahead of time to minimize inconvenience to the public. The traffic accident figure did not increase while work was in progress.

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• Corporate Authors:

  International Road Federation

  525 School Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20024
• Publication Date: 1984-3

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 5
• Serial:
  • World Highways/Routes du Monde
  • Volume: 35
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Route One Publishing Limited
  • ISSN: 0964-4598
  • Serial URL: http://www.worldhighways.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freeways; Improvements; Reconstruction; Traffic flow; Travel time
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00386805
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 30 1984 12:00AM