Identified Problem

Areas

Potential Operational Improvements

Potential Capacity Improvements

  • Add turn lanes on ramps

  • Add auxiliary lanes between interchanges

  • Ramp metering

  • Ramp braiding

  • Ramp widening

  • Add collector-distributor roadways

  • Modify interchange configurations

  • Add special truck ramps

  • Traffic signal improvements

  • Improve cross street operations

  • Additional intelligent transportation system (ITS) improvements

  • Add barrier separated high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes
  • Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
  • Add barrier separated truck only lanes
  • Add barrier separated managed lanes
  • Add combination of HOV/BRT and managed lanes
  • HOV system-to-system interchanges
  • Truck only system-to-system interchanges

 

 

Example Improvement Scenario