AN INSTRUMENTED VEHICLE FOR THE EVALUATION OF COMPUTER-GENERATED ADVISORY SPEED

The adaptation of a commercial microcomputer for use in a moving vehicle and its interfacing to fuel- and distance-measuring sensors has provided an extremely flexible and reliable tool for use in traffic experiments. A Ford Laser sedan has been fitted with fuel-metering and distance-measuring sensors interfaced to a modified Pulsar microcomputer. This vehicle represents a third generation of instrumented vehicles in the CSIRO Division of Energy Technology and was developed specifically for a series of experiments designed to investigate the effects of dynamic advisory speed signs on fuel consumption and transit times through an urban traffic system. (Author/TRRL)

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  Printerhall Limited

  29 Newmart Street
  London W1P 3PE,   England 
• Authors:
  • Reid, J H
• Publication Date: 1985-9

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 421-425
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 26
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Distance; Fuel consumption; Measuring instruments; Microcomputers; Sensors; Speed limits; Traffic signs; Travel time
• ITRD Terms: 6155: Apparatus (measuring); 8673: Digital computer; 232: Fuel consumption; 698: Journey; 697: Journey time; 6488: Length; 9045: Micro; 9050: Moving; 6120: Sensor; 5408: Speed; 553: Traffic sign; 565: Traffic signal; 313: Urban area; 1255: Vehicle; 9113: Warning
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00458915
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-039 461
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 1986 12:00AM