COMPUTERIZED TRAVEL TIME STUDY FOR NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS

This paper describes the first year of a 5-year research project to ascertain travel times on the strategic regional arterial (SRA) system. The system which totals 1340 miles and has been designated in the CATS 2010 Transportation System Development Plan to supplement the expressway system in handling regional high-volume, long-haul auto and commercial vehicle trips. The details are given of the study in which a 2-person observer crew used lap-top computers to record license plate data which was then subjected to analysis by a pair of custom written, in-house programs. The study aimed at establishing a data file that will assist and monitor how well or how badly the SRAs function. The data may serve to confirm or refute common assumptions about the traffic conditions. The study findings are listed.

• Corporate Authors:

  Chicago Area Transportation Study

  300 West Adams Street
  Chicago, IL  United States  60606
• Authors:
  • Bailey, M
  • Rawling, F G
• Publication Date: 1991

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 15-22
• Serial:
  • Operations Review
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Chicago Area Transportation Study

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Computers; Monitoring; Traffic; Travel time
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I71: Traffic Theory;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00616274
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 1991 12:00AM