DALLAS CORRIDOR FRONTAGE ROAD EVALUATION PLAN

THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS ON THE FRONTAGE ROADS ALONG THE NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY IN DALLAS, TEXAS ARE BEING PUT UNDER COMPUTER CONTROL. THIS WILL PROVIDE THE MAXIMUM PROGRESSION POSSIBLE ALONG B OTH FRONTAGE ROADS WHILE STILL PROVIDING TRAFFIC RESPONSIVE SIGNAL PHASINGS. A VARIABLE SEQUENCE MULTIPHASE PROGRESSION OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURE WILL BE USED TO OPTIMIZE PROGRTESSION IN REAL-TIME. THE EVALUATION OF THE COMPUTER CONTROLLED TRAFFIC SYSTEM WILL INVOLVE MAKING RUNS ALONGTHE FRONTAGE ROADS WITH AN INSTRUMENTED VEHICLE TO RECORD STOPPED TIME, TRAVEL TIME, SPEED, MEAN VELOCITY GRADIENT, GREENSHIELD'S INDEX, STOPS PER MILE, AND BORAKE APPLICATIONS. ADDITIONAL STUDIES ARE PLANNED TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF CURB SIDE PARKING, ACCIDENT EXPERIENCE, AND TRANSIT VEHICLE OPERATIONS. /FHWA/

• Corporate Authors:

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System, 1600 E Lamar Boulevard
  Arlington, TX  United States  76011
• Authors:
  • Messer, C J
  • Whitson, R H
• Publication Date: 1973-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 34 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Evaluation; Frontage roads; Information processing; Optimization; Traffic signal controllers
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225078
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: Interim
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 16 1974 12:00AM