METHOD FOR CREATING GAPS IN MAIN LINE TRAFFIC AND FOR MERG- ING VEHICLES INTO GAPS-PUBLISHED AS APPENDIX M TO BI-MODAL MODAL URBAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM STUDY

THE INJECTION OF URBMOBILES INTO THE MAIN LINE OF TRAFFIC REQUIRES A SCHEME FOR CREATING A GAP IN THE TRAFFIC SUFFICIENTLY LONG TO ACCEPT A MERGING VEHICLE WITH SAFE MARGINS. A METHOD FOR CALCULATING THE NECESSARY GAP IS PRESENTED. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Cal-vj-2431-V-2-VOL-2-APP-M, PP123-128
• Corporate Authors:

  Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Incorporated

  4455 Genesee Street
  Buffalo, NY  United States  14221
• Authors:
  • Weinberg, M I
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Calculation; Gap acceptance; Merging traffic
• Uncontrolled Terms: Computation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00227289
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 26 1971 12:00AM