Transportation officials have been busy trying to undo the knot that is rush-hour gridlock on Interstate 25 south of Denver by testing a tech-heavy and precision-based traffic management approach — and the results are in.
Transportation officials have been busy trying to undo the knot that issouth of Denver by testing a tech-heavy and precision-based traffic management approach — and the results are in.
“These systems have the ability to greatly increase the efficiency of highway networks,” said Ben Kiene, a traffic operations engineer with CDOT. “There’s less stop and go. You’ll slow down but speeds recover.” But that requires money. CDOT is applying for a $1.5 million federal grant that could allow it to plan for an even bigger implementation of the coordinated ramp metering technology — possibly all the way from Lone Tree up to Thornton.
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