Citation

Himelhoch AL. Traffic Q. 1957; 11(4): 514-528.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1957, Eno Transportation Foundation)

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Abstract

The rapid industrial growth around the Los Angeles International Airport is generating increased commuter traffic to and from that vicinity. Streets and highways feeding the area are therefore becoming more and more congested. Since only one major through-highway, US 101 Alternate, leads south from the Airport, extremely heavy peak-traffic volumes increased congestion and delay on this route to the point of making some type of improvement essential. The highway was a four-lane undivided road, with considerable roadside business throughout. Additional right-of-way expense for widening was not considered economically feasible because of freeway development in three or four years. This article discusses how medians and traffic signals were used to aid in the reduction of traffic congestion throughout the region.