Development of Uniform Standards for Allowable Lane Closure

Procedures for determining allowable lane closure hours to perform maintenance, construction, resurfacing, regional permit and major access permit work on the state highway system were evaluated. The current process involves the collection of traffic volumes, consultation with local authorities and the reliance on previous knowledge of the roadway to develop allowable lane closing hours. This is an ad-hoc process that lacks uniformity and does not make use of traffic engineering basics to assess the impacts of lane closures. Thus, there is a need to develop a process for determining and modifying lane closures that will have uniformity and take into account effects on productivity and traffic delay. The major goals of this study include the development of a uniform process for lane closures that takes into account the impact of lane closure on traffic and productivity, and the adoption of this uniform process throughout the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT). The QuickZone lane closure tool was selected for use with long term lane closures that require traffic diversion to alternate routes. The Rutgers Interactive Lane Closure Application (RILCA) software was selected for analyzing the impacts of short-term lane closures.

• Record URL:
  http://www.nj.gov/transportation/business/research/reports/FHWA-NJ-2008-014.pdf
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• Summary URL:
  http://www.nj.gov/transportation/business/research/reports/FHWA-NJ-2008-014-TB.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This research was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation

  Rutgers University
  100 Brett Road
  Piscataway, NJ  United States  08854-8058

  New Jersey Department of Transportation

  Bureau of Research, 1035 Parkway Avenue, P.O. Box 600
  Trenton, NJ  United States  08625-0600

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Ozbay, Kaan
  • Bartin, Bekir
• Publication Date: 2008-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 67p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Lane closure; Productivity; Standardization; Standards; State highways; Time duration; Traffic delays; Work zone traffic control
• Identifier Terms: QuickZone (Computer program); RILCA (Computer program)
• Geographic Terms: New Jersey
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; I60: Maintenance; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01154732
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-NJ-2008-014
• Files: UTC, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 14 2010 4:10PM