DEALING WITH THE TRAFFIC IMPACTS OF URBAN FREEWAY RECONSTRUCTION: MITIGATION MEASURES

The following six areas of impact come quickly to mind when discussing plans for managing traffic in highway construction zones: (1) Actual delay to motorists, especially peak period commuters, involving significant increases in daily travel time; (2) day-to-day uncertainty in travel time; (3) losses to businesses adjacent to highway work zones whose normal access has been disrupted; (4) major delays and disruptions to truckers and to those businesses throughout an urban area that rely on regular, timely truck deliveries; (5) accidents and safety problems for motorists and highway construction workers; and (6) political problems that arise when the public's perception of construction impacts may hamper completion of needed highway programs. Possible mitigation measures to deal with these six areas are presented in this paper. They include (1) mitigation through design techniques, (2) mitigation through construction techniques, (3) mitigation through traffic system management techniques, and (4) mitigation through improved public communication. The effectiveness and financing of mitigation measures are briefly discussed.

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  • This paper appeared in Transportation Research Board Special Report 212, Transportation Management for Major Highway Reconstruction, Proceedings of the National Conference on Corridor Traffic Management for Major Highway Reconstruction, Chicago, Illinois, September 28 - October 1, 1986. 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
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• Authors:
  • Bay, Paul N
• Conference:
  • National Conference on Corridor Traffic Management for Major Highway Reconstruction, 1986, Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Location: Chicago Illinois, United States
  • Date: 1986-9-28 to 1986-10-1
• Publication Date: 1987

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: pp 55-57
• Monograph Title: TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOR MAJOR HIGHWAY RECONSTRUCTION
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 212
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0360-859X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Construction management; Design methods; Financing; Freeways; Information dissemination; Mass media; Measures of effectiveness; Public relations; Reconstruction; Traffic mitigation; Transportation system management; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness
• Old TRIS Terms: Communication media; Urban freeways
• Subject Areas: Construction; Data and Information Technology; Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00471943
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jul 31 1987 12:00AM