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原文传递 SAFER HIGHWAY RECONSTRUCTION THROUGH DEPLOYMENT OF ITS TECHNOLOGY.

题名：	SAFER HIGHWAY RECONSTRUCTION THROUGH DEPLOYMENT OF ITS TECHNOLOGY.
作者：	Shapiro-Marcia-S
关键词：	freeways-; traffic-control; work-zone-safety
摘要：	New York State's Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) was confronted with the task of reconstructing the interchange of the Prospect Expressway and Gowanus Expressway, two major roadways in Brooklyn, New York. The Prospect Expressway is a major feeder highway to the Gowanus Expressway serving central Brooklyn. The Gowanus Expressway is an elevated highway that serves as one of the major access corridors to Manhattan from New Jersey (through Staten Island) and from Long Island. It connects to the Verrazano Narrows Bridge and Belt Parkway in the south and the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and the Manhattan-bound East River bridges in the north. The Gowanus Expressway carries over 175,000 vehicles daily and has been identified by the American Automobile Association as one of the nation's most congested highways. In addition to commuters, the highway carries a high concentration of heavy trucks, especially during the AM peak period. The interchange reconstruction, which was the final phase of the $83 million Prospect Expressway Reconstruction Project, required a 13 month closure of the right lane of the Gowanus Expressway in the most heavily traveled direction (i.e., inbound towards Manhattan) and the closure of the two-lane connecting ramp from the inbound Prospect Expressway to the inbound Gowanus. NYSDOT feared that the loss of a lane during the AM peak would further disrupt the existing poor quality traffic flow and the resulting turbulence would become a major generator of incidents. To deal with these problems, NYSDOT devised a detailed plan which used Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) technology to complement traditional Maintenance and Protection of Traffic (M&PT) techniques. This paper describes the role of the ITS elements in the management of traffic during the interchange reconstruction phase of the project.
总页数：	ITS America. Meeting (8th : 1998 : Detroit, Mich.). Transportation technology for tomorrow : conference proceedings. 1998. pp11
报告类型：	科技报告