Strategies for Separating Trucks from Passenger Vehicles: Final Report

Trucks constitute a large and growing segment of the traffic on Texas highways. In order to manage this growth, the Texas Department of Transportation needs to consider special or unique treatments for trucks such as truck lane restrictions, exclusive truck lanes, and exclusive truck facilities. This research addressed this topic for the state of Texas by developing tools for evaluating needs for special truck facilities, developing a truck route system, and developing recommendations for demonstration of a pilot system. Tasks required to accomplish these objectives began with a comprehensive literature review, to include the major corridor studies and an evaluation of special truck facilities implemented outside of Texas. The research then established criteria for each of the three levels of truck treatments, developed a plan to classify truck facilities, and developed an evaluation framework for these facilities. Based on these tasks, the research then investigated techniques for evaluating levels of service on truck facilities. The techniques were then applied to selected candidate corridors to demonstrate their utility. Finally, the research developed an action plan for implementation of the exclusive truck facilities.

• Record URL:
  http://tti.tamu.edu/documents/0-4663-2.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Project Title: Strategies for Separating Trucks from Passenger Vehicle Traffic. Report Date: September 2006; Published: November 2006.
• Corporate Authors:

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System, 3135 TAMU
  College Station, TX  United States  77843-3135

  Texas Department of Transportation

  Research and Technology Implementation Office, P.O. Box 5080
  Austin, TX  United States  78763-5080

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Middleton, Dan
  • Venglar, Steven
  • Quiroga, Cesar
  • Lord, Dominique
  • Jasek, Deborah L
• Publication Date: 2006-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Edition: Technical Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 186p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Demonstration projects; Implementation; Level of service; Literature reviews; Strategic planning; Truck facilities; Truck lanes; Truck traffic
• Uncontrolled Terms: Exclusive truck roadways; Lane restrictions
• Geographic Terms: Texas
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Research; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01042173
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/TX-07/0-4663-2, Report 0-4663-2
• Contract Numbers: Project No. 0-4663
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Feb 22 2007 8:33AM