THE CHANGEABLE MESSAGE CONCEPT OF TRAFFIC CONTROL - INTRODUCTION

PAPERS ON THE DESIGN, OPERATION, AND USE OF CHANGEABLE MESSAGE SIGNS ARE: INTRODUCTION, Z. A. NEMETH SOME PRINCIPLES FOR COMMUNICATING WITH DRIVERS THROUGH THE USE OF VARIABLE-MESSAGE DISPLAYS, B.W. STEPHENS; CHANGEABLE-MESSAGE SIGNS IN OHIO, E. N. BURNS; POTENTIAL USES OF VARIABLE-MESSAGE SIGNS IN NEW YORK CITY, E. VINSON HODDINOTT; USE OF CHANGEABLE-MESSAGE SIGNS BY PORT AUTHORITY, LOUIS E. BENDER; FOG DETECTORS FOR CONTROLLING CHANGEABLE-MESSAGE SIGNS EDWARD D. SPEAR; RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHANGEABLE MESSAGE CONCEPT FOR FREEWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL, SLADE HULBERT AND JINX BEERS; CHANGEABLE MESSAGE SIGNS, IRWIN HART; VARICOM TRAFFIC CONTROL AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, LAWRENCE A. POWERS; DESIGN, OPERATION, AND UTILIZATION OF CHANGEABLE-MESSAGE SIGNS WITH EMPHASIS ON THE ROTATING-DRUM TYPE, SAMUEL B. DUNNE; THE DISTEC SYSTEM: A SIGN OF OUR TIMES, WILLIAM ROSS AIKEN; CHANGEABLE-MESSAGE DISPLAYS: SOME DISIGN CONSIDERATIONS, WILLIAM BROOKS AND DAVID NELSON; NEWEST COST BREAKTHROUGH FOR CHANGEABLE-MESSAGE MATRIX SIGNS, JOHN J. MAURO.

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• Authors:
  • Nemeth, Z A
• Conference:
  • Conference on the Changeable-Message Concept of Traffic Control
  • Date: 1971-7-15 to 1971-7-16
• Publication Date: 1972

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 1 p.
• Monograph Title: THE CHANGEABLE-MESSAGE CONCEPT OF TRAFFIC CONTROL
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 129
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communication systems; Costs; Design; Fog; Traffic control; Variable message signs
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design features
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic control systems
• Subject Areas: Design; Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226384
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309020530
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 23 1973 12:00AM