Description
The main focus of this research is to develop a systematic analytical framework and evaluate the effect of a toll road on region’s traffic using travel time and travel time reliability measures. The travel time data for the Triangle Expressway in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States was employed for the assessment process. The spatial and temporal variations in the travel time distributions on the toll road, parallel alternate route, and near-vicinity cross-streets were analyzed using various travel time reliability measures. The results indicate that the Triangle Expressway showed a positive trend in reliability over the years of its operation. The parallel route reliability decreased significantly during the analysis period, whereas the travel time reliability of cross-streets showed a consistent trend. The stabilization of travel time distributions and the reliability measures over different years of toll road operation are good indicators, suggesting that further reduction in performance measures may not be seen on the near vicinity corridors. The findings from link-level and corridor-level analysis may help with transportation system management, assessing the influence of travel demand patterns, and evaluating the effect of planned implementation of similar projects.
Publication Date
9-2019
Publication Type
Report
Topic
Planning and Policy, Sustainable Transportation and Land Use
MTI Project
1804
Mineta Transportation Institute URL
https://transweb.sjsu.edu/research/1804-Toll-Roads-Operational-Performance
Keywords
Toll roads, Travel time, Travel demand management, Transportation system management
Disciplines
Civil Engineering | Transportation Engineering
Recommended Citation
Sonu Mathew and Srinivas S. Pulugurtha. "How Effective are Toll Roads in Improving Operational Performance?" Mineta Transportation Institute (2019).
Supplemental Materials/Dataset
1804-Pulugurtha-Toll-Roads-Operational-Performance.pdf (572 kB)
Research Brief
