PASSING AID SYSTEM, MAINE SYSTEM DESIGN

SUCCESSFUL EVALUATIONS OF THE PASSING AID SYSTEM (PAS I AND PAS II) ENGINEERING MODE SYSTEM RESULTED IN THE DECISION OF THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TO UNDERTAKE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A FULL-SCALE (15- MILE) PASSING AID SYSTEM - PAS II (EXPERIMENTAL MODEL) CAPABLE OF OPERATION OVER THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND OPERATIONAL RANGES OF A TWO-LANE HIGHWAY CAPABLE OF TRAFFIC IN EXCESS OF 2000 ADT. THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE EXPERIMENTAL MODEL PAS II AND IS DIVIDED INTO TWO VOLUMES. VOLUME I DISCUSSES THE OVERALL SYSTEM FUNCTIONS OF PAS II AND DESCRIBES THE ELECTRICAL DESIGN OF THE SYSTEM. VOLUME II IS DEVOTED TO THE SOFTWARE DESIGN AND IS A THOROUGH TREATMENT OF THE SYSTEM LOGIC. /FHWA/

• 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: Equipment; Highway capacity; Traffic flow; Two lane highways
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic aids
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225012
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-11-6625
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 18 1972 12:00AM