Preferred transportation improvements to overcome travel delay problems

Top preferred improvements relate to better management and operation. Those surveyed were asked to respond to the transportation improvements they thought would help them overcome travel problems they experience. The "great help" responses are as follows: more durable paving materials (67%), repairs during non-rush hours (66%), reducing repair time (52%), improving traffic signal timing (50%), clearing accidents quickly (43%), adding more travel lanes (42%), signs showing expected roadwork (37%), checking traffic signals often (36%), managing traffic congestion better (35%), tow trucks at key locations (31%), signs with emergency phone (31%), improving public transportation (30%), re-routing traffic to avoid roadwork (28%), managing traffic around roadwork (28%), reversing travel lanes (28%), installing more left turn signals (27%), increasing roadside assistance patrols (23%), signals on freeway entrances (23%), adding more HOV lanes (21%), improving accuracy/timeliness of information (17%), improving roadway signs and markings (17%), and fewer traffic signals (14%). The source of this data is the Operations and Planning/Environment Survey.

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