COMPUTERS MASTERMIND CITY TRAFFIC PLAN

A COMPUTER, CONTROLLING TRAFFIC LIGHTS IN TORONTO, REDUCES TRAFFIC DELAY BY AS MUCH AS 28 PER CENT. EVENTUALLY THE COMPUTER WILL OPERATE 1000 TRAFFIC LIGHTS. THE BASIC COMPONENT OF THE COMPUTER IS THE TRAFFIC PREDICTION MODEL. THE COMPUTER ALSO COLLECTS DATA ON TRAFFIC CONGESTION, NUMBER OF VEHICLES AND TRIP PATTERNS. A TRANSPORTATION PLAN BASED ON THIS DATA CALLS FOR AN EXPRESSWAY SYSTEM OF 197 MILES, AN ARTERIAL GRID OF 908 MILES, A RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM OF 30 1/2 MILES, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUTER PARKING LOTS. THE OVERALL SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN ROAD CONSTRUCTION SAVINGS AND A REDUCTION IN TRAVEL TIME. /CGRA/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 17, No 5, PP 43-44, 4 PHOT
• Publication Date: 1965-5

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Civic Administration /Canada/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Computers; Costs; Data collection; Expressways; Forecasting; Highway planning; Mathematical models; Parking lots; Population growth; Public transit; Reduction (Chemistry); Road construction; Savings; Sensors; Sequential analysis; Traffic; Traffic congestion; Traffic control; Traffic surveillance; Travel time
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Old TRIS Terms: Reduction; Traffic control systems; Traffic planning
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225084
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 17 1994 12:00AM