| Title | Freeway geometric design for active traffic management in Europe |
|---|---|
| Record ID | 42241 |
| Personal Name Creator |
Jones, Jeffrey C.; Knopp, Martin C.; Fitzpatrick, Kay; Doctor, Mark A.; Howard, Charles E.; Laragan, Gregory M.; Rosenow, James A.; Struve, Brooke A.; Thrasher, Barton A.; Young, Elizabeth G. |
| Source | x, 79 p. : ill. |
| Corporate Creator | American Trade Initiatives, Inc. |
| Corporate Contributor |
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of International Programs; American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) |
| Publisher | United States. Federal Highway Administration |
| Publication Date | 20110300 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | Continued growth in travel on congested urban freeway corridors exceeds the ability of agencies to provide sufficient solutions and alternatives based on traditional roadway expansion and improvement projects. Several countries are implementing managed motorway concepts to improve motorway capacity without acquiring more land and building large-scale infrastructure projects. The Federal Highway Administration, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and National Cooperative Highway Research Program sponsored a scanning study of England, Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain to examine the use of innovative geometric design practices and techniques to improve the operational performance of congested freeway facilities without compromising safety. Managed motorways are a combination of active or dynamically managed operational regimes, specific designs of infrastructure, and technology solutions. The concept uses a range of traffic management measures to actively monitor the motorway and dynamically control speeds, add capacity, and inform road users of conditions on the network with the objective to optimize traffic and safety performance. Examples include shoulder running, variable mandatory speed limits, lane control signals, and driver information using variable message signs. Managed motorways increase journey reliability and throughput of a motorway by speed management and increase capacity by shoulder running. |
| Rosap ID | dot:1014 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1014 |
| TRT Terms | Highway design; Geometric design; Managed lanes; Advanced traffic management systems |
| Classification | NTL - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION; NTL - PLANNING AND POLICY - PLANNING AND POLICY |
| Geographical Coverage |
United States |
| Contract Number | DTFH61-99-C-005 |
| Report Number | FHWA-PL-11-004 |
| Availability | Federal Highway Administration |
| Resource type | Tech Report |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/42000/42200/42241/FHWA-PL-11-004.pdf |
| Alternative URL | http://international.fhwa.dot.gov/pubs/pl11004/pl11004.pdf |
| Format | |
| Database | NTL Digital Repository |