Intermediate Access to Buffer-separated Managed Lanes

Intermediate Access to Buffer-separated Managed Lanes
Author: Kay Fitzpatrick
Publisher:
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2007
Genre: High occupancy vehicle lanes
ISBN:

The objective of this Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) research project was to develop guidance materials on intermediate access to a buffer-separated toll lane. To develop the material, researchers gathered other state guidelines, reviewed the literature, and recorded operations at five intermediate access sites. From videotapes of the sites, characteristics of approximately 8400 vehicles that moved into or out of the managed lane were recorded. Examples of the characteristics measured included where the vehicle entered or left the lane (early, within the opening, or late) and the lane of origin for the vehicle. Volume counts for 5-minute periods were associated with each maneuver.

Interim Manual for Managed Lanes

Interim Manual for Managed Lanes
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2003
Genre: Express freeways
ISBN:

The objectives of this research project are to investigate the complex and interrelated issues surrounding the safe and efficient operation of managed lanes using various operating strategies and to develop a managed lanes manual to help the Texas Department of Transportation make informed planning, design, and operational decisions when considering these facilities for its jurisdiction. This document presents three years of research in the form of a draft manual for managed lanes. It includes three chapters in draft form, which include a guide to the manual, an introduction to managed lanes, and design. This document includes research in a usable format, providing a clear, concise, and step-wise approach to planning designing, operating, and enforcing a managed lanes facility. It also refers the user to other pertinent documents which provide additional detailed information on various aspects of managed lanes.

Recent Roadway Geometric Design Research for Improved Safety and Operations

Recent Roadway Geometric Design Research for Improved Safety and Operations
Author: Marcus Brewer
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 90
Release: 2012
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0309223598

RB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 432: Recent Roadway Geometric Design Research for Improved Safety and Operations reviews and summarizes roadway geometric design literature completed and published from 2001 through early 2011, particularly research that identified impacts on safety and operations.

Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways

Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways
Author: U.S. Department of Transportation
Publisher: Colchis Books
Total Pages:
Release: 1974
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, or MUTCD, defines the standards used by road managers nationwide to install and maintain traffic control devices on all streets and highways. The Manual is important as it provides national traffic control standards for all public roads, and includes traffic signals, signs, roadway stencils, pedestrian crossings, and bicycle and pedestrian treatments. The Highway Design Handbook for Older Drivers and Pedestrians, being updated this year, is provided leading research information which may, as verified and tested, become standards in the MUTCD in future years. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Helvetica}

Transportation Statistics and Microsimulation

Transportation Statistics and Microsimulation
Author: Clifford Spiegelman
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2016-04-19
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 143989454X

By discussing statistical concepts in the context of transportation planning and operations, Transportation Statistics and Microsimulation provides the necessary background for making informed transportation-related decisions. It explains the why behind standard methods and uses real-world transportation examples and problems to illustrate key conc

Preferential Lane Treatments for High-occupancy Vehicles

Preferential Lane Treatments for High-occupancy Vehicles
Author: Charles A. Fuhs
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 92
Release: 1993
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780309053129

This synthesis will be of interest to transportation planners, highway engineers, environmental personnel, highway design engineers, transit planners, highway administrators, and others concerned with the planning, design, and operational features of preferential high- occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes on highways. Information is provided on the current and proposed state of the practice in North America. This synthesis describes the state of the art with respect to preferential treatment for HOVs on highways. This report of the Transportation Research Board provides information on long-distance facilities, such as barrier-separated, concurrent-flow (separated and nonseparated), and contraflow facilities, as well as on short-distance facilities, such as queue by-pass lanes. Planning, design, and operational features of each treatment are described. The issues and operating results are described, and specific case studies are included.