Michigan Highway Construction: Traffic Tangles

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Michigan Highway Construction Traffic Tangles
Feb. 10th 2006 By Matt Helms, FreePress
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Whos 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

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Delays Problems!

• Delays cause problems
• Value of Time
• Lost Wages
• Lost Business Income
• Lengthy trips means less people want to travel

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X-Y Axis plane
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Construction takes over the road!
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Smaller roads mean more congestion
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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?

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Potentially larger roads in the future is less
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Notables

• Detroit Free Press
• Reed Saxon photo