DESIGN TECHNIQUE FOR PRIORITY-ACCESS RAMP METERING

One proposed method to provide preferential treatment for buses and car pools on freeways would allow buses and car pools immediate access and would meter the rest of the entering traffic. This paper presents a ramp-metering design technique that is appropriate for a situation in which all ramps under consideration have a priority-vehicle access lane. The technique is optimal in that it minimizes total passenger travel time in a limited corridor. An example design is presented to illustrate the procedure. In addition, conclusions are drawn relating to ramp queues as incentives to make travelers shift to car pools or buses.

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• Authors:
  • Miller, Saul D
  • PAYNE, HAROLD J
• Conference:
  • 54th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia
  • Date: 1975-1-13 to 1975-1-17
• Publication Date: 1975

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 110-121
• Monograph Title: Freeway Entry, Flow, and Control
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 533
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus priority; Carpools; Design methods; Freeways; Interchange ramps; Optimization; Physical access control; Queuing; Ramp metering; Travel time
• Uncontrolled Terms: Access control
• Old TRIS Terms: Freeway ramps
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00099667
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 030902384X
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Nov 5 1975 12:00AM