<p>In our daily use of the transportation system, we are faced
with several road construction work zones. These construction work zones change
how road users interact with the transportation system due to the changes that
occur in the system such as increased travel times, increased delay times and
vehicle stopped times. A microscopic traffic simulation was developed to depict
the changes that occur in the transportation system. The impacts of the changes
in the transportation system on the human travel behavior was investigated
using ordered probit and logit models using five independent variables; age,
gender, driving experience, annual mileage and percentage of non-work trips.
Finally, a business impact assessment framework was developed to assess the
impact of the road construction work zones on various businesses categories such
as grocery stores, pharmacy, liquor stores and fast foods. Traffic simulation
results showed that the introduction of work zones in the road network introduces
an increase in delay times, vehicle stopped times, and travel times. Also, the change in average travel times,
delay times and vehicle stopped times differed from road link to link. The
observed average changes saw an increase as high as 318 seconds per vehicle,
237 seconds per vehicle and 242 seconds per vehicle for travel time, delay time
and vehicle stopped time, respectively, for the morning peak period. An average increase as high as 1607 seconds
per vehicle, 258 seconds per vehicle and 265 seconds per vehicle was observed
for travel time, delay time and vehicle stopped time, respectively, for the
afternoon peak period. The statistical
model results indicated that, on a work trip, a high driving experience, high
annual mileage, and high percentage of non-work trips makes an individual more
likely to change their route. The
results also showed gender difference in route choice behavior. Concerning business impacts, businesses in
the work zone were impacted differently with grocery and pharmacy stores having
the highest and lowest total loss in revenue, respectively.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:purdue.edu/oai:figshare.com:article/7464455 |
| Date | 16 January 2019 |
| Creators | Augustine M. Agyemang (5930969) |
| Source Sets | Purdue University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, Thesis |
| Rights | CC BY 4.0 |
| Relation | https://figshare.com/articles/THE_IMPACTS_OF_ROAD_CONSTRUCTION_WORK_ZONES_ON_THE_TRANSPORTATION_SYSTEM_TRAVEL_BEHAVIOR_OF_ROAD_USERS_AND_SURROUNDING_BUSINESSES_/7464455 |
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