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Investigating Interchange Traffic and Commercial Development at Rural Interstate Highway Exits

Mahmood, Shah
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1469491271

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2016, Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, Civil Engineering (Engineering and Technology).
This thesis investigates interchange traffic and commercial development at 69 rural interstate highway exits in Ohio. According to the literature, the following factors influence commercial development growth at rural and small-town Interstate exits: motels, hotels, restaurants, gas stations and convenience stores, truck stops or truck parking lots, geography, access to firmer markets, traffic volume of the intersecting highway, intersecting highway types, site competition, and other developments. This study examined those factors which influence traffic volume at the interchange exit such as gas stations and convenience stores, fast food restaurants, hotels and motels, distance to the nearest rural city and town, distance to the nearest and furthest interchange, and intersecting highway. The geographic information system (GIS) is used to identify 69 Interstate exits and local trade area characteristics along Interstate 70 and Interstate 75 in Ohio. Statistical analysis software SPSS was used to analyzed the data. Two models, Interchange AADT model and daily truck percentage (T24) model, were developed using the regression stepwise backward technique separately to quantify and estimate commercial development at each exit of Interstate 70 and 75 in Ohio. Results showed a moderate correlation between most development units. The final output of these two models may be good source of information for commercial development planning at rural and small town Interstate exits in Interstate 70 and Interstate 75 in Ohio.
Sperry Benjamin (Advisor)
Deborah McAvoy (Committee Member)
Bhaven Naik (Committee Member)
Gaurav Sinha (Committee Member)
178 p.
Civil Engineering; Engineering; Geography; Transportation; Transportation Planning
Interchange Traffic; Commercial Development; Rural Interstate Highway Exits; Ohio Interstate 70 Exits; Ohio Interstate 75 Exits

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  • Mahmood, S. (2016). Investigating Interchange Traffic and Commercial Development at Rural Interstate Highway Exits [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1469491271

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Mahmood, Shah. Investigating Interchange Traffic and Commercial Development at Rural Interstate Highway Exits. 2016. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1469491271.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Mahmood, Shah. "Investigating Interchange Traffic and Commercial Development at Rural Interstate Highway Exits." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1469491271

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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