'TANSYT' METHOD FOR AREA TRAFFIC CONTROL

A DESCRIPTION IS PROVIDED OF THE TRANSYT COMPUTER PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM IS USED TO DETERMINE SIGNAL OFFSETS FOR PROGRESSION IN A DENSE SIGNAL NETWORK (I.E., SIGNALS LESS THAN 750 FEET APART) BY MINIMIZING AVERAGE JOURNEY TIME. THE PRESENT PROGRAM IS LIMITED TO FIFTY INTERSECTIONS. FIELD VERIFICATION OF THE TRANSYT METHOD WAS CARRIED OUT IN GLASGOW AND ON CROMWELL ROAD IN LONDON. GOOD AGREEMENT WAS FOUND BETWEEN THE COMPUTER VALUES AND THE FIELD VALUES AS MEASURED BY TEST CAR RUNS. /AUTHOR/

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  • Vol 11, pp 276-281
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• Authors:
  • ROBERTSON, D I
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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: Computer programs; Traffic signal timing; Traffic signals; Traffic simulation; Travel time
• Old TRIS Terms: Interval sequence
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00227236
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Traffic Systems Reviews & Abstracts
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 1 1970 12:00AM