BAY AREA FREEWAY OPERATIONS STUDY, PART II OF III

THIS ASPECT OF THE PHASE II RESEARCH INVOLVED AN EFFORT TO DETERMINE IF THERE ARE WAYS TO INCREASE EASTBOUND FLOWS ACROSS THE SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND BAY BRIDGE DURING AFTERNOON PEAK PERIODS. CAPACITY OF THE REVERSE, OR WESTBOUND, DIRECTION IS GOVERNED STRICTLY BY TOO MANY VEHICLES OVER THE FIVE BRIDGE LANES ON A SUSTAINED GRADE. THAT IS WESTBOUND FLOW IS NOT READILY AMENABLE TO IMPROVEMENT. THE EASTBOUND DIRECTION UNDER STUDY COULD BE AMENABLE IN THAT IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TO IMPROVE THE APPROACHES AND THUS UTILIZE THE FULL CAPACITY OF THE BRIDGE. /FHWA/

• 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

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Allen, B L
  • May, A D
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridges; Freeway operations; Peak hour traffic; Traffic flow
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224996
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: C-1-10
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 15 1971 12:00AM