THE EFFECT OF TRAFFIC LANE CLOSURES ON THE HIGHWAY MOTORIST

The occupancy of roadways for maintenance and construction interferes with traffic. A computer program was developed to perform an economic analysis of the impact on the motorist created by lane closures associated with this roadway occupancy. The analysis accommodates hourly distributions of traffic by direction and generates motorist costs. Included are vehicle operational costs as a function of vehicle weight and speed and freeway alignment; time costs by trip purpose, income level, and time loss; and accident costs. Nomographs, derived from computer output, were developed to permit rapid determination of motorist costs for any given occupancy interval, traffic volume, and lane closure.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the 7th Summer Mtg. of TRB in cooperation with Florida DOT, Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 507, 1974. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board (TRB)

  Washington, DC   
• Authors:
  • Butler, B C
• Conference:
  • 7th Summer Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
  • Location: Jacksonville Florida, United States
  • Date: 1974-8-5 to 1974-8-7
• Publication Date: 1975

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 84-94
• Monograph Title: Better use of existing transportation facilities
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 153
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0360-859X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer programs; Costs; Crashes; Economic analysis; Lane closure; Lane occupancy; Nomographs; Traffic delays; Traffic distribution
• Uncontrolled Terms: Accident costs
• Old TRIS Terms: Lane closing
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00099500
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Nov 5 1975 12:00AM