IMPROVING SIGNAL TIMING. VOLUME 2. PRETIMED ARTERIAL ROADWAYS

The objective of this part of the research was to develop manual guidelines for pretimed arterial streets. Manual guidelines were first developed and tested in the laboratory. The TRANSYT simulation model was used for this purpose. Modifications were made to the model to facilitate the use of different cycle lengths within the same system. Next, the performance of the guidelines was evalauted in a detailed before-and-after field experiment involving 11 signals along State Highway 123 (a section of San Pablo Avenue in Berkeley and Oakland). The total system delay was used as the primary performance measure. measure.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Berkeley

  Institute of Transportation Studies Library
  Berkeley, CA  United States  94720
• Authors:
  • Vermeulen, M J
  • Lermat, N P
  • May, A D
• Publication Date: 1984-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 204 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Before and after studies; Guidelines; Measures of effectiveness; Optimization; Streets; Traffic delays; Traffic signal timing; Traffic simulation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00396987
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UCB-ITS-RR-84-4, FHWA-CA-TO-83-3-2
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 25 2004 1:34AM