Abstract: The collection of traffic data in the field, both from manual and automated methods, is vital to the management and maintenance of the transportation infrastructure. Historically, many methods for manual data collection ...

Abstract: Historically, two-lane highways served primarily as uninterrupted flow connectors between major population centers. Increasingly, however, population growth in areas between the major population centers along these highways ...

Abstract: Transportation professionals have indicated that a facility-based evaluation methodology for two-lane highways would be much more useful and practical to them than just the individual segment and point analysis methodologies. ...

Abstract: Travel time is currently believed to be one of the best, if not the best, indicators of the quality of flow and operation on a transportation facility. Travel time is such a good measure because it is easy for both commuters ...

Abstract: The capacity of a freeway segment is a critical factor for the planning, design, and analysis of freeway facilities. The Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) is considered to be one of the authoritative sources on capacity values ...

Abstract: Flexible traffic separator systems, widely used to alert motorists to lane restrictions, have been suggested as relatively inexpensive, easily maintainable countermeasures to discourage motorists from driving around the ...