DIAMOND INTERCHANGE TRAFFIC CONTROL. VOL 3.

RESULTS OF A RESEARCH CONTRACT TO IMPROVE THE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY OF HIGH DEMAND SIGNALIZED DIAMOND INTERCHANGES ARE PRESENTED IN A SIX (6) VOLUME REPORT. IN THIS VOLUME, A MANUAL HAS BEEN DEVELOPED TO ASSIST USERS OF A DIGITAL COMPUTER SIMULATION MODEL OF DETAILED TRAFFIC OPERATIONS IN A DIAMOND INTERCHANGE, INCLUDING THE TWO NEARBY SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS. THE MODEL EMPLOYS MICROSCOPIC MODELING TECHNIQUES. IT HAS BEEN PROGRAMMED IN JOVIAL, A HIGH-LEVEL COMPUTER LANGUAGE FOR IBM 360 (OR 370) DIGITAL COMPUTERS UNDER THE OS/360 OPERATING SYSTEM. THE MODEL CAN ACCOMMODATE PARAMETER VALUE CHANGES IN GEOMETRICS, SIGNAL CONTROL, AND DEMAND DISTRIBUTIONS. TRAFFIC OPERATIONS SUCH AS AVERAGE TRAVEL TIME, SPEED, AND QUEUE LENGTH ARE PROVIDED. THIS INFORMATION CAN BE PROVIDED ON A SECTION OR AN OVERALL SYSTEM BASIS.

• Corporate Authors:

  System Development Corporation

  2500 Colorado Avenue
  Santa Monica, CA  United States  90409
• Authors:
  • Widdice, B D
• Publication Date: 1972-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 229 p.
• Serial:
  • Volume: 3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost effectiveness; Diamond interchanges; Highway operations; Information processing; Mathematical models; Operations research; Real time control; Signalized intersections; Simulation; Traffic control; Traffic control devices; Traffic delays; Traffic surveillance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Old TRIS Terms: Real-time systems; Traffic control systems; Traffic operations research
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225055
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-RD-73- 36 Final Rpt., FCP 32E1-522
• Contract Numbers: FH-11-7568
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 11 1976 12:00AM