MINICOMPUTERS IN NETWORK TRAFFIC CONTROL

THE FIRST NETWORK TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM BASED ON A MINICOMPUTER MADE ITS APPEARANCE IN NORTH AMERICAN IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT OF ALBANY, NEW YORK. THE SYSTEM CONTROLS 20 KEY INTERSECTIONS AND ITS CAPABILITIES INCLUDE: ON-LINE OR OFF-LINE OPTIMIZATION OF SIGNAL TIMING, ON-LINE ADJUSTMENT OF THE TIMING PARAMETERS BASED ON REAL-TIME DETECTOR INPUTS, FIRE APPARATUS EMERGENCY PRE-EMPTION AND PREFERENTIAL ROUTEING, AND INPUTS TO REFLECT WEATHER CONDITIONS AND HOLIDAYS INTO THE OPERATING SCHEME. (A)

• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • VOL 14 NO 1 PP 36-7,39
• Corporate Authors:

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• Authors:
  • Herstien, H I
  • Yagoda, N H
  • Orman, J M
• Publication Date: 0

Language

• English

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Detectors; Information processing; Minicomputers; Optimization; Traffic control; Traffic signal control systems; Traffic signal timing; Traffic signals; Weather
• Old TRIS Terms: Emergency traffic control devices; Traffic control systems
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226867
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 15 1974 12:00AM