DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF TRAFFIC-MANAGEMENT MODELS

This paper summarizes the development of a freeway model and an arterial model and their application is assessing the impacts of traffic-management strategies. Previously developed models were modified to include energy and air-pollution impacts, and to include spatial and modal demand shifts due to freeway and arterial traffic-management strategies. The new freeway model was applied to a 20.2-km (12.6-mile) inbound section of the Santa Monica Freeway in Los Angeles during the morning peak period. Priority entry-control operations were found to be more effective than normal entry-control operations although an exclusive bus and car-pool lane was more effective than an exclusive bus lane. The new arterial model was applied to an 8-km (5-mile) section of Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles for two-way traffic operations during the afternoon peak period. Optimum signal-control strategies under existing street design conditions were found to be more effective than optimum signal-control strategies combined with either reversible lanes or exclusive bus-lane operations. Signal-control strategies under existing street design conditions were determined on a passenger basis and on a vehicle basis; these strategies resulted in a trade-off between passenger-time savings and reduction in air pollution and fuel consumption. Reversible-lane operations were found to be more effective than exclusive bus-lane operations. Future areas of research are identified. /Author/

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• Authors:
  • May, Adolf D
  • Kruger, Abraham J
  • Clausen, Thomas J
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1-6
• Monograph Title: Evaluation of transportation operational improvements
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 630
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Bus lanes; Carpools; Freeways; Fuel consumption; Highway traffic control; Impact studies; Peak hour traffic; Research; Reversible traffic lanes; Strategic planning; Traffic signal controllers; Traffic simulation; Travel time; Two lane highways; Vehicle occupancy; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Two way traffic
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Research; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00170555
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309026555
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Apr 12 1978 12:00AM