DESIGN OF A FREEWAY ENTRANCE RAMP MERGING CONTROL SYSTEM

THE SUBJECT OF THE WORK IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MERGING CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN EXISTENT FREEWAY ENTRANCE RAMP CONFIGURATION. THE POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENT IN OPERATING PERFORMANCE OF AN ENTRANCE RAMP EQUIPPED WITH A GAP ACCEPTANCE CONTROLLER IS DISCUSSED. /NTIS/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract DOT-UT-436
• Corporate Authors:

  Polytechnic Institute of New York

  Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering, 333 Jay Street
  Brooklyn, NY  United States  11201
• Authors:
  • Klee, H J
• Publication Date: 1971

Media Info

• Pagination: 104 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Access control (Transportation); Automatic control; Merging traffic; Ramps; Traffic control devices
• Uncontrolled Terms: Access control
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226541
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 15 1973 12:00AM