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FREEWAY INCIDENTS AND SPECIAL EVENTS: SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM

C L Dudek

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This paper briefly discusses the scope of the traffic problem generated by incidents and special events and describes the nature of nonrecurrent congestion and traffic problems associated with special events. The frequency, characteristics, and effects of freeway incidents and the effects of roadwork on freeway capacity are discussed. Categories of solutions are also presented.

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Key concepts: Scope (computer science), Transport engineering, Traffic congestion, Engineering, Risk analysis (engineering), Computer science, Operations research, Business