LEICESTER SIGNALS THE WAY AHEAD

In recent years there has been considerable emphasis on traffic management schemes in town centres. To co-ordinate control of signals over a wide area is one such traffic management scheme which will produce benefits where the density of signals in an area is relatively high. It became evident in Leicester that as the number of signalised junctions in the city increased, some form of co-ordinated control would be required if the maximum capacity was to be obtained from them. Currently there are 94 signals in the city with an average density of 15 per square mile. This paper describes the traffic engineering design, the system components and the equipment used in the area traffic control system, which is now operational (October 1974). A brief account is also given of the operational software used with the system. Plans for the extension and development of the system, and other possible applications are briefly discussed. /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Printerhall Limited

  29 Newmart Street
  London W1P 3PE,   England 
• Authors:
  • GILLAM, W J
• Publication Date: 1974-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 873-875
• 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: Area traffic signal control; Central business districts; Computer programs; Digital computers; Highway traffic control; Intersections; Measures of central tendency; Signalized intersections; Traffic control; Traffic density; Traffic engineering; Traffic signal controllers; Traffic signals; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Centers; Traffic control systems
• ITRD Terms: 669: Area traffic control; 8673: Digital computer; 455: Junction; 8645: Software; 311: Town centre; 565: Traffic signal; 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00099152
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 18 1975 12:00AM