SYSTEMS FOR RESPONDING TO FREEWAY ACCIDENTS - AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

THE OPERATIONS RESEARCH CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (BERKELEY) HAS BEEN CONDUCTING A PROGRAM ONE OF WHOSE ELEMENTS IS INVESTIGATION OF THE ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY OF IMPROVED SYSTEMS FOR RESPONDING TO FREEWAY ACCIDENTS, TOGETHER WITH THE OPTIMAL DESIGN AND OPERATION OF SUCH SYSTEMS. AN EXTENSIVE LITERATURE REVIEW WAS MADE, RESULTING IN THE PRESENT PUBLICATION. THE BIBLIOGRAPHY CONTAINS 196 ANNOTATED REFERENCES. AUTHOR AND KEYWORD INDEXES ARE APPENDED. A MATRIX IS ALSO APPENDED THAT PLOTS DETECTION SYSTEMS AGAINST SERVICING MEANS AND LISTS THE REFERENCES APPROPRIATE TO THE CONJUNCTION. FINALLY, 16 RESEARCH PROJECTS IN PROGRESS, CULLED FROM THE 1970 EDITION OF "HIGHWAY RESEARCH IN PROGRESS," ARE LISTED.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • No 53, 63 PP, 196 REF
• Authors:
  • Lu, C K
  • Agarwal, G
• Publication Date: 1971

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Bibliography

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communications; Crashes; Detection and identification; Detectors; Disasters and emergency operations; Freeways; Hazards and emergency operations
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226164
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 20 1972 12:00AM