THE GLASGOW TRAFFIC CONTROL EXPERIMENT: INTERIM REPORT ON SIGNOP AND TRANSYT

INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION ON RESEARCH INTO STRATEGIES FOR AREA TRAFFIC CONTROL HAS LED TO THE NEED FOR A COMMON STANDARD BY WHICH SCHEMES TESTED IN ONE COUNTRY COULD BE COMPARED WITH THOSE TESTED IN ANOTHER. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION AND THE ROAD RESEARCH LABORATORY AGREED THAT A SUITABLE COMMON BASIS FOR RESEARCH IN THE UNITED STATES AND BRITAIN WOULD BE ESTABLISHED BY MAKING COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENTS, BOTH IN GLASGOW AND IN A US CITY, OF TRANSYT AND ITS AMERICAN COUNTERPART, SIGOP, SO THAT EITHER COULD BE USED AS A STANDARD. /NTIS/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • NO RRL-LR430
• Corporate Authors:

  Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)

  Wokingham, Berkshire  United Kingdom 
• Publication Date: 1972

Media Info

• Pagination: 12 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Alternatives analysis; Computer programs; Federal government; Highway operations; Highways; International compacts; Research; Standards; Traffic control
• Uncontrolled Terms: Comparative analysis; Highway administration
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226533
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 24 1973 12:00AM