"TRANSYT" METHOD FOR AREA TRAFFIC CONTROL

THE TRANSYT (TRAFFIC NETWORK STUDY TOOL) DIGITAL COMPUTER PROGRAM, ITS TRAFFIC MODEL AND OPTIMIZATION ROUTINE ARE DESCRIBED. THE CRITERION OF PERFORMANCE USED IS THE MINIMUM AVERAGE JOURNEY TIME; THE GREATEST BENEFITS CAN BE DERIVED FROM THE METHOD WHEN IT IS APPLIED TO DENSE SIGNAL NETWORKS WHERE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN INTERSECTIONS IS INFERIOR TO 750 FT. RESULTS OF THE CROMWELL ROAD EXPERIMENT AND GLASGOW EXPERIMENT ARE PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED. /RRL/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 11, No 6, PP 276-281, 6 FIG, 1 TAB
• Authors:
  • ROBERTSON, D I
• Publication Date: 1969-10

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer programs; Mathematical models; Networks; Traffic control; Travel time
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225304
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Road Research Laboratory /UK
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 13 1970 12:00AM