VOLUME 1 - PACER SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN

THE DESIGN OF A CLOSED LOOP MERGING CONTROL SYSTEM IS DESCRIBED. INCLUDING THE SYSTEM ANALYSES AND INVESTIGATIONS WHICH INFLUENCED SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS AND HARDWARE DESIGNS. SECTION 1 COMMENTS BRIEFLY ON EXISTING MERGING CONTROL SYSTEMS, DEFINES THE SYSTEM OBJECTIVES, DESCRIBES THE SYSTEM FUNCTIONALLY, AND PROVIDES BACKGROUND ON SELECTION OF A TEST SITE. SECTION 2 DESCRIBES THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION AND RELATED HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS AND SUMMARIZES THE SEVERAL OPERATING STATES OF THE SYSTEM. SECTION 3 PROVIDES THE SYSTEM ANALYSES WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE FORMULATION OF SYSTEM CONCEPTS AND INFLUENCED OVERALL SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS. THE ANALYSES ARE ESPECIALLY ORIENTED TOWARDS CONSIDERATIONS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. SECTION 4 TREATS IN DETAIL THE DESIGN OF THE PACER SYSTEM HARDWARE AND INCLUDES STUDIES DIRECTLY RELATED TO HARDWARE DESIGN. SECTION 5 DESCRIBES INITIAL PLANS FOR A SYSTEM SIMULATION PROGRAM WHICH WAS NOT IMPLEMENTED BECAUSE OF FUNDING CONSTRAINTS. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Raytheon Company

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  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway safety; Information processing; Merging traffic; Systems analysis; Traffic control devices
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224981
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 8 1971 12:00AM