State of the Practice and Recommendations on Traffic Control Strategies at Toll Plazas

This report has been prepared under a project initiative by the Federal Highway Administration to identify the state-of-the-practice for traffic control strategies at toll plazas, and to develop recommended guidelines for agencies and departments that operate or plan to design and build such facilities. The report contents begin with an introductory chapter. This chapter includes sections that outline the purpose of this project, provide a problem statement articulating the focus of the project efforts, list the study objectives, describe the methodology used to achieve the objectives, and conclude with the intended use of this report. The introduction is followed by four chapters that include the state-of-the-practice and recommended guidelines for the following technical areas encompassing the development of traffic control strategies at toll plazas: Plaza Operations/Lane Configuration; Signing, Markings and Channelization; Geometric and Safety Design; and Toll Collection Equipment Technology. The aggregation of these chapters provides useful historical information and a comprehensive analysis of when and where to apply various traffic control strategies. The final chapter concludes the report by identifying further research needs, which require more rigorous study including field verification of performance. This chapter also lists all of the recommended guidelines presented in the preceding chapters. A glossary of terms, definitions and diagrams to assist the reader's understanding of the topic material follows along with Appendix A: Summary of Survey Results, Appendix B: Expert Panel Workshop Summary, and Appendix C: Literature Search.

• Record URL:
  • http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/rpt/tcstoll/pdf/best_practices.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Wilbur Smith Associates

  318 West Adams, Suite 1300
  Chicago, IL  United States  60606-5173

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Smith, Richard F
• Publication Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Glossary; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 328p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Geometric design; Guidelines; Highway traffic control; Literature reviews; Recommendations; Research; Road markings; Signs; State of the practice; Strategic planning; Surveys; Toll collection; Toll plazas; Traffic channelization; Traffic safety; Workshops
• Uncontrolled Terms: Expert panels; Toll plaza configurations
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Research; Terminals and Facilities; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01036477
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 31 2006 4:20PM