EFFECT OF SIGNAL SPACING ON PLATOON DISPERSION - INTERIM REPORT NO. 311-2
RESEARCH PERFORMED FROM JUNE 1969 TO MAY 1970 HAD AS ITS OBJECTIVE INVESTIGATING PLATOON MOVEMENTS ON URBAN ARTERIALS AND RELATING VARIATION IN PLATOON BEHAVIOR TO VARIATION IN SIGNAL CONTROL AND TO CHANGES IN TRAFFIC VOLUMES. A TIME-LAPSE CAMERA WAS USED TO PHOTOGRAPH PLATOONS AS THEY PROCEDED ALONG THE TEST STREETS. EVALUATION OF PLATOON DATA COLLECTED PREVIOUSLY REVEALED THAT THE BEHAVIOR OF PLATOONS WAS SIGNIFICANTLY RELATED TO TRAFFIC VOLUME AND TIME-OF-DAY. ADDITIONAL EFFORT WAS DEVOTED TO A LITERATURE REVIEW OF PLATOON BEHAVIOR STUDIES; NEW DATA COLLECTING METHOD USING A HELICOPTER-MOUNTED CAMERA, AND A DATA REDUCTION SYSTEM; AND A COMPUTERIZED STATISTICAL DESIGN TO BE USED FOR EVALUATING THE AERIAL DATA IN A FORM SUITABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT INTO A MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF PLATOON DISPERSION. /AUTHOR/
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Corporate Authors:
Ohio State University, Columbus
190 North Oval Drive
Columbus, OH United States 43210Ohio Department of Highways
Columbus, OH United States 43210Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Vecellio, R L
- Publication Date: 0
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aerial photography; Information processing; Mathematical models; Statistical analysis; Time lapse photography; Traffic control; Traffic platooning; Traffic signal timing; Traffic volume
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00224960
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
- Report/Paper Numbers: Ees-311
- Files: TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Jan 11 1971 12:00AM