ANALYSIS OF REDUCED DELAY AND OTHER ENHANCEMENTS TO PASSER II 80 PASSER II 84 FINAL REPORT

This report represents the development and findings of a research project conducted by the Texas Transportation Institute entitled "Reduced-Delay Optimization and Other Enchancements to PASSER II-80." The research was sponsored by the Texas Department of Highways and Public Transportation in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration. The brief six-month research effort was directed toward several topic areas which included: development of a practical procedure which could be used to fine-tune the offsets of traffic signals to minimize total delay and maximize progression of traffic in a progression system, development of methods that can better estimate delay to travel in a nearly saturated traffic system, and development of methods to estimate fuel consumption associated with arterial travel movements in an urban network. An enhanced version of the popularly used PASSER II program--PASSER II-84, which deals with the design and operation of signalized intersections, was programmed on SDHPT's computer system. Program documentation and revised data coding instructions were also prepared. (Author)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Research conducted in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration Research Study Title: Reduced-Delay Optimization and Other Enhancements to PASSER II 80.
• Corporate Authors:

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System, 1600 E Lamar Boulevard
  Arlington, TX  United States  76011

  Texas State Department of Highways & Public Transportation

  P.O. Box 5051
  Austin, TX  United States  78763

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Chang, EC-P
  • Messer, C J
  • Marsden, B G
• Publication Date: 1984-4

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 120 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Chemical reduction; Computer programs; Fuel consumption; Optimization; Traffic delays; Traffic signal control systems; Travel time
• Old TRIS Terms: Reduction
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00391005
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-TX-84-50+375-1FFinal Rpt.
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 30 1985 12:00AM