Location
STEW310
Session Number
53
Session Title
Dynamic Part-Time Shoulder Use Triggers
Track Title
Traffic Operations
Event Description/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.
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.