URBAN TRAFFIC CONTROL AND BUS PRIORITY SYSTEM. VOL. 1. DESIGN AND INSTALLATION

THIS REPORT PRESENTS A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE SYSTEM DESIGN STUDIES, ANALYSES, TRAFFIC SURVEYS, GEOMETRIC SURVEYS AND TRADEOFF STUDIES WHICH WERE CONDUCTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE UTCS/BPS PROGRAM, AND WHICH RESULTED IN THE SELECTION OF SYSTEM COMPONENTS AND PARAMETERS WHICH COMPRISE THE FIRST-GENERATION UTCS/BPS CENTRALIZED COMPUTER-BASED TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM. THE RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS PRESENTED HEREIN HIGHLIGHT THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS AND PARAMETERS CONSIDERED. THE BASIS FOR SELECTION FOR THE UTCS/BPS IS INDICATED IN EACH CASE. THIS REPORT THUS SERVES AS A GUIDE IN CONFIGURING AND SPECIFYING A TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM WHEN ON-STREET DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS AFFECTING A SPECIFIC APPLICATION ARE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.

• Corporate Authors:

  Sperry Rand Corporation

  Sperry Systems Management Division
  Great Neck, NY  United States  11020
• Publication Date: 1972-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 367 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Highway operations; Information processing; Networks; Traffic; Traffic control
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic control systems
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225061
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-RD-73- 9 Final Rpt., FCP 32B1-022
• Contract Numbers: FH-11-7605
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 27 1976 12:00AM