Evaluation of optimal traffic monitoring station spacing on freeways.

Final report; Feb 1, 2008 - August 30, 2008.PDFTech ReportUT 09.05668211477Traffic surveysTraffic flowTravel timeIntelligent transportation systemsUtahUtah. Dept. of Transportation. Research DivisionMartin, Peter T.Chaudhuri, PiyaliStevanovic, AleksandarUniversity of Utah. Traffic LaboratoryUtah. Dept. of Transportation. Research DivisionNTL-INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS-INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMSNTL-OPERATIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROLS-Traffic FlowNTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-SurveysUS Transportation CollectionResults showed that UDOT can reduce the number of detectors currently maintained by TMC\ue2\u20ac\u2122s and can deploy far fewer than the \uc2\ubd mile spacing guidelines. This should result in significant cost savings in capital, operations, and maintenance costs. Further, this report proposes the potential future work that can be done to enhance the robustness of the methodology in evaluating the optimal spacing of the traffic monitoring stations on I-15