BAY AREA FREEWAY OPERATIONS STUDY-SECOND INTERIM REPORT

AN ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION ARE PRESENTED OF THE DATA COLLECTED ON A SECTION OF THE NIMITZ FREEWAY (STATE ROUTE 17) BETWEEN THE TENNYSON ROAD INTERCHANGE ON THE SOUTH AND THE HEGENBERGER ROAD INTERCHANGE ON THE NORTH, A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES. THE DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURES ARE CONTAINED IN THE FIRST INTERIM REPORT DATED JANUARY, 1968. THE SECOND INTERIM REPORT IDENTIFIES CRITICAL SECTIONS, THE CAUSES OF CONGESTION AT THESE LOCATIONS INCLUDING AN ESTIMATE OF THE EFFECT OF CONGESTION ON TRAFFIC OPERATIONS AT THESE LOCATIONS, AND PROVIDES PRELIMINARY SUGGESTIONS FOR MEANS OF IMPROVING THE TRAFFIC OPERATIONS. /BPR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Hpr, C-1-10
• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Berkeley

  Institute of Transportation and Traffic Engineering
  Berkeley, CA  United States 

  California Division of Highways

  Bridge Department
  Sacramento, CA  United States  05914

  Bureau of Public Roads /US

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Ybarra, W A
  • May, A D
• Publication Date: 1968-7

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Freeway operations; Highway operations; Traffic; Traffic congestion
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224900
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 18 1994 12:00AM