GUIDELINES FOR COMPUTER SIGNAL SYSTEM SELECTION IN URBAN AREAS

THIS PAPER ATTEMPTS TO POINT OUT THE PROBLEMS CONFRONTING TRAFFIC ENGINEERS AND/OR DECISION-MAKERS AS THEY COMTEMPLETE THE SELECTION OF ADVANCED TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS TO ALLEVIATE TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN URBAN AREAS. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO PROVIDE GUIDELINES BY WHICH ALTERNATIVES MAY BE EVALUATED AND A TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYSTEM SELECTED. BASED UPON SUGGESTED EVALUATION CRITERIA, EACH ELEMENT OF A COMPLETE SIGNAL SYSTEM MAY BE INVESTIGATED. THESE ELEMENTS INCLUDE SYSTEM TYPES, GEOGRAPHICAL CONTROL AREAS, CONTROL TECHNIQUES, SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS, INTERSECTION EQUIPMENT, COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, AND DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT. NO ATTEMPT HAS BEEN MADE TO RECOMMEND SPECIFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS, SYSTEM COMPONENTS, OR TECHNIQUES, BUT PREFERRED ALTERNATIVES HAVE BEEN INDICATED. BENEFITS WHICH HAVE RESULTED FROM EXISTING COMPUTER INSTALLATIONS DEPICT THE GENERAL DEGREE OF IMPROVEMENTS WHICH CAN BE EXPECTED IN FUTURE INSTALLATIONS. TOTAL SYSTEM COSTS ARE ALSO SHOWN AS A MEASURE OF EXPECTED FUTURE INVESTMENTS. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 124 Pp, 16 FIG, 9 TAB, 37 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  West Virginia University, Morgantown

  Morgantown, WV  United States  26506
• Authors:
  • Stockfisch, C R
• Publication Date: 1972-3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Communication systems; Computers; Decision making; Evaluation; Intersections; Surveillance; Traffic control; Traffic signal control systems; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Selecting
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic control systems
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226255
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 23 1972 12:00AM