Title: EVALUATION OF THE NEED FOR REVERSIBLE LANES AT ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION PLAZAS
Abstract: This study evaluates the need for the existing reversible lanes at toll plazas in Florida once the SunPass, Florida Department of Transportation's Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) system, is operational. The goal of this project was to categorize the toll plazas into two categories: plazas that will continue to need reversible lanes; and the plazas that will not require reversible lanes, after the implementation of SunPass. This has been accomplished by simulating the peak directional traffic conditions with two scenarios. The first scenario is the base model corresponding to current field conditions, the second scenario is a future case that includes SunPass proposed plaza lane configurations, but in which reversible lanes are removed. The results of the two models are compared to determine the extent queuing increased or decreased, and the extent that waiting times might increase if reversible lanes are no longer used at the toll plazas.
Publication Year: 1998
Publication Date: 1998-02-01
Language: en
Type: article
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