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Michigan Highway Construction: Traffic Tangles

Michigan Highway Construction: Traffic Tangles. Feb. 10 th 2006 By: Matt Helms, FreePress Columnist. Who’s Effected?. About 648,000+ travelers per day If you travel: I-696 and Northwestern Hwy 335,000 M-14 80,000 I-75 80,000 I-96 153,000 Southfield Freeway. Delays = Problems!.

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Michigan Highway Construction: Traffic Tangles

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  1. Michigan Highway Construction: Traffic Tangles Feb. 10th 2006 By: Matt Helms, FreePress Columnist

  2. Who’s Effected? • About 648,000+ travelers per day • If you travel: • I-696 and Northwestern Hwy 335,000 • M-14 80,000 • I-75 80,000 • I-96 153,000 • Southfield Freeway

  3. Delays = Problems! • Delays cause problems • Value of Time • Lost Wages • Lost Business Income Lengthy trips means less people want to travel

  4. X-Y Axis plane

  5. Vehicles Area of Highway (sq. mile)

  6. Vehicles Area of Highway (sq. mile)

  7. Vehicles Area of Highway (sq. mile)

  8. Vehicles S D Area of Highway (sq. mile)

  9. Construction takes over the road! Vehicles S D Area of Highway (sq. mile)

  10. Smaller roads mean more congestion Vehicles S D Area of Highway (sq. mile)

  11. Good or Bad? • Construction means better roads in the future • Construction means longer travel times now • Does a little traffic congestion now mean easier driving later?

  12. Vehicles S Potentially larger roads in the future is less traffic congestion D Area of Highway (sq. mile)

  13. Notables • Detroit Free Press • Reed Saxon photo

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