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New Publication: Recurring Traffic Bottlenecks: A Primer Focus on Low-Cost Operational Improvements
Posted: 7/23/2009

This Primer is the signature product of the Localized Bottleneck Reduction (LBR) Program, which is administered out of the Office of Operations. The LBR program is focused on recurring congestion chokepoints (as opposed to nonrecurring congestion causes) and the operational influences that cause them. Widening, lengthening, retiming, metering, or bypassing these problem areas to unclog them can often be done with lower cost, lesser intensive means than traditionally waiting or a complete facility rebuild or an out-year-project. (Publication Number: FHWA-HOP-09-037) This is the updated 2nd version of this document. (The first version is FHWA-HOP-07-130)

URL: http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop09037/index.htm


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