GUIDELINES FOR COMPUTER SIGNAL SYSTEM SELECTION IN URBAN AREAS

A GENERALIZED DECISION-MAKING PROCESS FROM THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER'S POINT OF VIEW IS PRESENTED, FOLLOWED BY A DISCUSSION OF THE CRITICAL COMPONENTS, CRITICAL DECISIONS, AND MEASURES OF IMPROVEMENTS TO BE CONSIDERED IN EVALUATING ALTERNATIVE COMPUTERIZED TRAFFIC-SIGNAL SYSTEMS. FINALLY, THE GUIDELINES ARE PRESENTED IN A STEP-BY-STEP OUTLINE FORM. SEVEN MAJOR QUESTIONS ARE ADDRESSED IN THE GUIDELINES: DOES THE EXISTING TRAFFIC SYSTEM NEED TO BE REPLACED BY A MORE SOPHISTICATED ONE? WHAT TYPE OF SYSTEM SHOULD BE SELECTED? WHAT TYPE OF INTERSECTION CONTROLLERS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IN A COMPUTER-CONTROLLED SYSTEM? WHAT GEOGRAPHICAL AREA SHOULD BE PLACED UNDER COMPUTER CONTROL? WHICH CONTROL TECHNIQUES SHOULD BE EMPLOYED? WHICH SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM SHOULD BE SELECTED? WHAT COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES SHOULD BE EMPLOYED?

• Supplemental Notes:
  • VOL 43 NO 3 PP 30-9, 62-3
• Authors:
  • Stockfisch, C R
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering, Inst Traffic Engr
  • Volume: 44
  • Issue Number: 1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Decision making; Information processing; Management; Real time control; Traffic actuated controllers; Traffic signal controllers; Traffic signals
• Old TRIS Terms: Real time systems
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226618
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 7 1973 12:00AM