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Holding down the fort
Roads & Bridges
December 2007
By Frank Cippel
Officials maintain order during construction, safely move traffic through and around project
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Austin's city limits
Roads & Bridges
September 2007
By Jodi L. Carson, P.E., Ph.D., and Stuart Anderson, P.E., Ph.D.
Researchers find effective construction management strategy in bustling Texas town
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In for the long haul
Roads & Bridges
June 2007
By Stephanie Harris
The U.S. faces a freight nightmare as congestion continues to grow and our economy expands
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Retro Reflection
Roads & Bridges
October 2006
BY Allen Zeyher Managing Editor
The path to effective traffic management went through its curves and bumps
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Care to Share?
Roads & Bridges
August 2005
Norman W. Garrick Contributing Author
Shared streets rely on social rather than regulatory controls to govern how all users behave. Where there is a mix of different types of users, this design approach can be very effective.
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Upgrade for the digital work zone
Roads & Bridges
June 2005
By Deborah Curtis
When QuickZone showed that traffic congestion would likely be significant, further analysis was done on options to prevent lengthy delays.
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If you can’t say something nice
Roads & Bridges
May 2005
By David Matthews
When the neighbor refused to turn down the TV volume, the BMW owner got into her car, drove across the neighbor’s lawn, crashed through some patio furniture and rammed right into the side of the neighbor’s
residence.
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Upper-hand management
Roads & Bridges
May 2004
Matthew J. Lee and Anthony M. Bradford; Contributing Authors
Closely coordinated with transportation control centers (TCCs) and emergency service providers located throughout the metropolitan area, NaviGAtor is intended to achieve a seamless transportation network across multiple jurisdictions.
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An open and shut case
Roads & Bridges
November 2003
Marc Start, P.E., Robert Clegg, P.E., Contributing Authors
The Port Huron, Michigan, staff recognized the challenges of traffic control with the bascule bridges, and successfully submitted an application for Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) funding of a traffic signal modernization and interconnect project. The goals of the project are to reduce traffic congestion related to the bridge events and to reduce city emergency service response times.
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What are the city's limits?
Roads & Bridges
August 2003
Brian Stotler, Contributing Author
A traffic control system will only be as good as the information collected and used to design and operate it. Continuous monitoring for changes in traffic demand and volume should be considered during the system's engineering stage of the project. This can be done in several ways.
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