USE OF VEHICLE DETECTORS FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL

This paper examines the type of vehicle detection and placement of detectors for use with traffic control signals. The theoretical requirements for placement of detectors are demonstrated to be at variance with past practice, and it is shown that advance detection has an adverse effect of traffic handling efficiency. Use of presence detectors located at the stop-line enables traffic parameters to be measured in terms of passenger-car-unit (PCU) equivalents necessary for the implementation of efficient control. /Author/TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Printerhall Limited

  29 Newmart Street
  London W1P 3PE,   England 
• Authors:
  • HULSCHER, F R
  • SIMS, A G
• Publication Date: 1974-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 866-869
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue Number: 19
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Braking performance; Headways; Passenger car equivalence; Passenger cars; Road markings; Sensors; Speed; Stopping; Stopping distances; Traffic control; Traffic control devices; Traffic law enforcement; Traffic signal timing; Traffic signals; Vehicle detectors; Vehicle spacing; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Stop lines
• ITRD Terms: 1057: Air transport network; 1695: Braking distance; 651: Passenger car unit; 6120: Sensor; 5408: Speed; 654: Traffic control; 565: Traffic signal; 694: Vehicle spacing
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00097478
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1975 12:00AM