LET TRANSYT SPEED TRAFFIC FLOW

TRANSYT-7F is the American version of a computer program developed in the United Kingdom to enable traffic engineers to optimize their coordinated traffic signal systems to reduce stops, delays, and fuel consumption. TRANSYT-7F, funded by FHWA, is written in FORTRAN-IV and has been successfully executed on a number of different mainframe computers. As part of TRANSYT-7F's development, FHWA has prepared a comprehensive user's manual to serve as an instructional and reference guide. One of the most important aspects of the development of TRANSYT-7F is the application of the program to eleven cities selected to represent a range of geographical locations, populations, number of intersections to be retimed, types of networks and ages of existing signal timing plans. It has been found that these traffic-signal retiming projects have provided significant reductions in travel time, fuel consumption, and vehicle operating costs.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Buttenheim Publishing Corporation

  Berkshire Common
  Pittsfield, MA  United States  01201
• Authors:
  • Schoene, G W
  • EULER, G W
• Publication Date: 1982-12

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 23-24
• Serial:
  • American City & County
  • Volume: 97
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: Penton Media
  • ISSN: 0149-337X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer programs; Fuel consumption; Motor vehicles; Operating costs; Traffic control; Traffic engineering; Traffic signal control systems; Traffic signal timing; Travel time
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic control systems
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00385602
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-035 881
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 30 1984 12:00AM