LONDON'S COMPUTERIZED TRAFFIC

THE RESULTS, AFTER ONE YEAR'S OPERATION OF THE COMPUTERIZED AREA TRAFFIC CONTROL EXPERIMENT IN WEST LONDON ARE EXAMINED. OVERALL JOURNEY TIMES THROUGH THE AREA SHOWED AVERAGE IMPROVEMENT OF 9.2% AND THE AVERAGE STOP-TIME DELAY ANNUAL SAVING TO THE COMMUNITY OF 2.1/4 MILLION POUNDS HAS BEEN ESTIMATED FROM THESE FIGURES. /RRL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 207, No 5367, PP 374-375, 1 FIG, 2 PHOT
• Authors:
  • Holland, T
• Publication Date: 1969-3

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Engineering /UK/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economics; Information processing; Reduction (Chemistry); Traffic control; Traffic delays; Travel time
• Old TRIS Terms: Reduction
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225299
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Road Research Laboratory /UK
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 16 1970 12:00AM