TRAFFIC SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL IN AN URBAN TEST FACILITY

THE URBAN TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM/BUS PRIORITY SYSTEM (UTCS/BPS) IS A DIGITAL COMPUTER CONTROLLED TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYSTEM CURRENTLY BEING INSTALLED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. SPONSORED BY THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, THE SYSTEM IS SERVING AS A STREET TEST FACILITY FOR NEW AND ADVANCED TRAFFIC CONTROL TECHNIQUES. FIELD COMPONENTS OF THE SYSTEM ARE A SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM CONSISTING OF 521 INDUCTIVE LOOP DETECTORS AND 144 BUS DETECTORS, INTERSECTION CONTROLLERS FOR 112 SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS, AND A DETECTOR AND CONTROLLER COMMUNICATION SYSTEM BETWEEN THE CONTROL CENTER AND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM. THIS ARTICLE CONCENTRATES ON THE FIELD HARDWARE OF THE SYSTEM, DESCRIBES THEIR OPERATION AND CONSTRUCTION, AND INCLUDES A DETAILED EXPLANATION OF THE VEHICLE DETECTOR INSTALLATION.

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• Authors:
  • MAMMANO, F J
• Publication Date: 1972-9

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 41-52
• Serial:
  • Public Roads
  • Volume: 37
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Federal Highway Administration
  • ISSN: 0033-3735
  • Serial URL: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computers; Signalization; Systems; Traffic control; Traffic surveillance
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226517
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 19 1973 12:00AM