EVALUATION OF TRAFFIC CONTROL PLANS AT RECONSTRUCTION SITES. FINAL REPORT

A considerable amount of time and effort are being spent by Department personnel to prepare Traffic Control Plans (TCPs). Thus, there is a need to evaluate TCP procedures and identify needed improvement. In addition, the complexity of reconstruction work zones requires that a variety of traffic handling approaches both standard and innovative be utilized. Toward these ends, data were collected by a series of visits to several work zone sites in Texas, interviews with numerous District personnel, review of several TCPs for worksites in Texas and several field studies. Also, the study staff worked with District 12 (Houston) in organizing a Special Traffic Handling Crew, and in developing and implementing work zone traffic management strategies.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Research performed in cooperation with the Federal Highway Adminstration. Research Study Title: Evaluation of Traffic Control Plans at Reconstruction Sites.
• Corporate Authors:

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System, 1600 E Lamar Boulevard
  Arlington, TX  United States  76011

  Texas State Department of Highways & Public Transportation

  Transportation Planning Division, P.O. Box 5051
  Austin, TX  United States  78763

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Dudek, C L
  • Richards, S H
• Publication Date: 1986-1

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 100 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Field studies; Interviewing; Reconstruction; Work zone traffic control
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00455587
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-TX-86-26+321-3F, Res Rpt 321-3F
• Contract Numbers: Study 2-18-82-321
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jul 31 1986 12:00AM