COMPUTER CONTROL OF THE WAYSIDE-TELEPHONE ARTERIAL STREET NETWORK

THE DIGITAL COMPUTER CONTROL OF A SMALL NETWORK OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS NEAR THE GULF FREEWAY IS DESCRIBED. THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM THEORY, SOFTWARE, AND HARDWARE ARE PRESENTED. THREE TYPES OF TRAFFIC CONTROL STRATEGIES WERE IMPLEMENTED AND EVALUATED. THESE WERE EXISTING PRETIMED, PROGRESSIVE PRETIMED, AND PROGRESSIVE TRAFFIC RESPONSIVE CONTROL. PROGRESSIVE TRAFFIC RESPONSIVE CONTROL PRODUCED THE MOST EFFECTIVE RESULTS. /FHWA/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract STUDY NO 2-18-72-165
• Corporate Authors:

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System, 1600 E Lamar Boulevard
  Arlington, TX  United States  76011
• Authors:
  • Messer, C J
  • Gibbs, J L
• Publication Date: 1973-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 47 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computers; Design; Interchanges; Intersections; Software; Traffic actuated controllers; Traffic control; Traffic signal control systems
• Uncontrolled Terms: Hardware
• Old TRIS Terms: Strategy; Traffic control systems
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225073
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Texas State Department of Highways & Public Transp
• Report/Paper Numbers: Interim
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jun 19 1974 12:00AM