SPILLBACK FROM AN EXIT RAMP OF AN EXPRESSWAY
A DISCUSSION IS GIVEN OF THE PROBLEM OF CONTROL OF AN OVERSATURATED SYSTEM COMPRISING AN EXPRESSWAY, A HIGHWAY, AND AN EXIT RAMP LEADING FROM THE EXPRESSWAY TO THE HIGHWAY. A TRAFFIC LIGHT IS ASSUMED TO CONTROL THE INTERSECTION OF THE EXIT RAMP AND THE EXIT HIGHWAY. WHEN THIS INTERSECTION BECOMES OVERSATURATED, THE QUEUE ALONG THE RAMP MAY SPILL BACK INTO THE EXPRESSWAY CAUSING A REDUCTION OF ITS THROUGHPUT. ANY IMPROVEMENT IN THE SERVICE RATE OF THE EXIT RAMP CAN BE EFFECTED AT THE EXPENSE OF CAUSING SOME ADDITIONAL DELAY TO THE TRAFFIC ON THE EXIT HIGHWAY. THE OPERATION OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHT SERVING THE INTERSECTION OF RAMP AND HIGHWAY IS DETERMINED, WHICH MINIMIZES THE DELAY OF THE VEHICLES SERVED BY THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. /AUTHOR/
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Authors:
- Gazis, D C
- Publication Date: 1965
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; References;
- Pagination: pp 39-46
- Monograph Title: Traffic flow theory
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Serial:
- Highway Research Record
- Issue Number: 89
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Expressways; Highways; Intersection elements; Ramps; Traffic congestion; Traffic control; Traffic control devices; Traffic delays; Traffic signals
- Old TRIS Terms: Saturation zones; Spillback
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00224773
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Oct 7 1994 12:00AM