Abstract
Part-time shoulder use strategies that permit all vehicles or buses to drive on freeway shoulders during some hours of the day are now employed in 16 states. This presentation provides an overview of part-time shoulder use and the findings of FHWA research (to be completed in 2019) on speed, volume, and operational triggers for opening and closing the shoulder.
Session Number
53
Session Title
Dynamic Part-Time Shoulder Use Triggers
Track Title
Traffic Operations
Location
STEW310
Date of Version
March 2019
Recommended Citation
Schroeder, Bastian, "Dynamic Part-Time Shoulder use Triggers" (2019). Purdue Road School. 107.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/roadschool/2019/presentations/107
Start Date
3-5-2019 3:00 PM
End Date
3-5-2019 3:50 PM
Dynamic Part-Time Shoulder use Triggers
STEW310
Part-time shoulder use strategies that permit all vehicles or buses to drive on freeway shoulders during some hours of the day are now employed in 16 states. This presentation provides an overview of part-time shoulder use and the findings of FHWA research (to be completed in 2019) on speed, volume, and operational triggers for opening and closing the shoulder.
