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Historic trends and future consequences of projected traffic along rural Interstate 35 /

Vehicular traffic moving through rural sections of Interstate 35 in Texas is growing at a dramatic rate. The primary objective of this report is to demonstrate the future loss of personal mobility by the highway user on rural sections of the Interstate. A second primary objective is to lay the groun...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Texas. Department of Transportation, University of Texas at Austin. Center for Transportation Research
Other Authors: González-Ayala, Salvador Arturo, 1966-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Austin, TX : Springfield, Va. : University of Texas, Center for Transportation Research ; Available through the National Technical Information Service, 1996.
Series:Research report (University of Texas at Austin. Center for Transportation Research) ; no. 1326-1.
Subjects:
Traffic flow > Texas.
Traffic congestion > Texas.
Highway capacity > Texas.
Rural roads > Texas.
Circulation > Texas.
Embouteillages (Circulation) > Texas.
Capacité de circulation > Texas.
Routes rurales > Texas.
Highway capacity.
Rural roads.
Traffic congestion.
Traffic flow.
Texas.
Interstate highways.
Rural highways.
Traffic mitigation.
Online Access:http://www.utexas.edu/research/ctr/pdf_reports/1326_1.pdf
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Summary:Vehicular traffic moving through rural sections of Interstate 35 in Texas is growing at a dramatic rate. The primary objective of this report is to demonstrate the future loss of personal mobility by the highway user on rural sections of the Interstate. A second primary objective is to lay the groundwork for a comprehensive economic analysis of the problems associated with large traffic flows by using rural IH-35 as an example of a high-traffic corridor. Additionally, this report will provide a foundation for suggesting alternative solutions to the problem of traffic congestion on high-traffic corridors. By demonstrating the problems of growing traffic demand on rural high-traffic corridors in Texas, and by building on the findings of an earlier study, we suggest that a supercorridor--also known as a managed transportation system (MTS)--continues to be a feasible option for mitigating the growing traffic congestion problems on rural corridors.
Item Description:"Research project 0-1326."
"May 1996."
Physical Description:viii, 71, [8] pages : illustrations, maps, charts ; 28 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (page 43).