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Empirical Examination of Passing Lane Operational Benefits on Rural Two‐Lane Highways

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  • Al‐Kaisy, Ahmed
  • Freedman, Zachary

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This paper presents an empirical investigation into the operational benefits of passing lanes on rural two-lane highways. Two study sites in the state of Montana were used in this investigation. Performance was examined at a single location upstream and multiple locations downstream of the passing lane at each study site. Using percent followers as a performance measure, operational benefits right after the passing lane ranged between 33% and 42% at one study site and 12% to 19% at the other study site under prevalent traffic levels. Study results also suggest that operational benefits persist for a remarkable distance beyond the end of the passing lane.

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  • Al‐Kaisy, Ahmed & Freedman, Zachary, 2010. "Empirical Examination of Passing Lane Operational Benefits on Rural Two‐Lane Highways," Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, Transportation Research Forum, vol. 49(3).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:ndjtrf:207194
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.207194
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    1. Al-Kaisy, Ahmed & Jafari, Amirhossein & Washburn, Scott & Lutinnen, Tapio & Dowling, Richard, 2018. "Performance measures on two-lane highways: Survey of practice," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 71(C), pages 61-67.

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