SOLUTION TO INTERCITY TRAFFIC CORRIDOR PROBLEMS?

THE FREQUENCY OF ACCIDENTS, INCIDENTS, ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCES, AND OTHER UNPREDICTABLE EVENTS PORTENDS WE CAN NO LONGER AFFORD THE LUXURY OF OPERATING OUR HIGHWAYS ON AN "AVERAGE GOOD DAY" PERFORMANCE BASIS. IN RECOGNITION OF THE INCREASINGLY SERIOUS PROBLEMS ON INTERCITY TRAFFIC CORRIDORS, THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN FUNDING THE DEVELOPMENT AND REFINEMENT OF REMEDIAL TECHNIQUES. ONE SCENARIO DEPICTS ADVANCED TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS HAVING SEVERAL BASIC FUNCTIONS: MOTORIST ADVISORY INFORMATION, ROUTE DIVERSION, FREEWAY INCIDENT DETECTION AND MANAGEMENT, RAMP METERING, MOTORIST AID/EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS, AND CARGO SECURITY. A PROTOTYPE INTEGRATED OPERATIONAL LINK OR CORRIDOR UTILIZING STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNIQUES IN TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY IS PROPOSED BASED ON EXPERIENCE GAINED UNDER REAL-WORLD OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS.

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• Authors:
  • Maloney, M F
  • Lindberg, H A
  • Cleven, G W
• Publication Date: 1973-6

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 173-83
• Serial:
  • Public Roads
  • Volume: 37
  • Issue Number: 5
  • 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: Driver information systems; Motorist aid systems; Ramp metering; Routing; State of the art studies; Traffic control; Transportation corridors; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic control systems
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226776
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 16 1973 12:00AM