THE PRESENT AND FUTURE ROLE OF COMPUTERS IN WIDE AREA TRAFFIC CONTROL

This article describes the main features of a typical area traffic control (ATC) system. The functions of the system are first outlined. Three main components of system hardware are distinguished and described: the computer system, the data transmission equipment; the control room equipment. The system software is then outlined: standard software (programme development software and system organiser software); the standard traffic control software (standard to any ATC system); programs special to particular systems The concluding section considers extensions to the system given that initial requirement of atc system is required to be half the design capacity. /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Printerhall Limited

  29 Newmart Street
  London W1P 3PE,   England 
• Authors:
  • Hawke, M J
• Publication Date: 1974-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 678-681
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue Number: 15
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Area traffic signal control; Demand; Digital computers; Equipment; Highway capacity; Highway traffic control; Information processing; Software; Traffic control; Video imaging detectors
• Uncontrolled Terms: Hardware
• Old TRIS Terms: Program; Traffic control systems; Wide area traffic control
• ITRD Terms: 669: Area traffic control; 643: Capacity (road, footway); 285: Demand (econ); 8673: Digital computer; 3674: Equipment; 8645: Software
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00097477
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1975 12:00AM