This report summarizes traffic management systems maintenance practices utilized by state and local transportation agencies, identifies lessons learned from those practices, and offers professional analysis and recommendations for development of a comprehensive traffic management system maintenan
This is an agreement between the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) and the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) that establishes a policy for FHP and FDOT personnel to expedite the removal of a vehicle crash or incident from the roadways on the State Highway System to restore the safe and
The purpose of this document is to support the agencies and groups that are beginning the process of rural or statewide Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) deployment planning. Along with the previously published Rural Toolbox (FHWA-OP-01-030), this best practice document guides users throug
Driving the wrong way on freeways has been a nagging traffic safety problem since the interstate highway system was founded in the late 1950s. Despite four decades of highway striping and sign improvements at freeway interchanges, the problem persists.
Studies, such as those performed b
TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Legal Research Digest 47: Judicial Enforcement of Variable Speed Limits examines judicial decisions and judicial enforcement on variable speed limit programs.
This report is a summary of the effect of ramp metering on traffic in 2 separate locations of Westbound SR 520, in terms of volumes and speeds. The data were collected 1 year apart in the same location, in order to be as accurate as possible. The results are outlined in this report, accompanied b
This document is a report on the effects of ramp metering on the general traffic and congestion of areas surrounding Seattle, Washington. Even the smallest of actions can have large effects on traffic congestion -- take rubbernecking, for example -- the same goes for benefits to traffic. Ramp Met
This document is a summary of a study done on a section of I-405, where ramp meters were implemented in 1999. The report includes visual aspects, such as charts and graphs, to lay out the data suggesting that the ramp meters aided in decreasing travel times in the morning, but not necessarily the
