Understanding the Contributions of Operations, Technology, and Design to Meeting Highway Capacity Needs (SHRP 2 Prepublication Report*)
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Greetings!
SHRP 2 Project C05 (Understanding the Contribution of Operations, Technology, and Design to Meeting Highway Capacity Needs) developed a guide to using enhanced simulation methods that can test the impact of alternative traffic operations strategies and demonstrate whether or not they solve a highway capacity problem. The final report describes enhancements and methodology used to evaluate the effectiveness of the strategies, either singly or in combination; presents an illustrative application of the enhanced model and methodology as a demonstration of the new and more comprehensive insights that can be obtained by engineers, planners, and decision makers; and recommends an additional enhancement for informing both analysts and decision makers about the opportunities to employ operational improvement strategies in lieu of new construction.
* To make research available as early as possible, SHRP 2 is temporarily posting final reports that have been submitted by the research team, reviewed according to the relevant National Academy of Sciences procedures, and accepted for publication. These prepublication drafts, which have not been edited or formatted for publication, will be replaced by the final versions as they complete the editorial process.
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