ILL FITTING COLLAR HAMPERS NOTTS EXPERIMENT

The progress made in the Nottingham zone and collar experiment for controlling the traffic flow in the city centre across a cordon is reviewed. The control is achieved by installing traffic signals on all radial roads where they cross the collar and adjusting the signal settings to limit the flow. At each set of signals a reserved lane enables buses to bypass the queues. It is said that the park and ride scheme offered as an alternative to private cars has so far been unsuccessful. The controls have not yet been fully tested as they will not be fully operational until autumn 1976 when the computer linked area traffic control will be in operation. /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Institution of Civil Engineers

  One Great George Street, Westminster
  London,   United Kingdom  SW1P 3AA
• Authors:
  • Ferguson, H
• Publication Date: 1976-1-22

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 22-23
• Serial:
  • NEW CIVIL ENGINEER
  • Issue Number: 177
  • Publisher: EMAP CONSTRUCT LIMITED
  • ISSN: 0307-7683

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Bus lanes; Buses; Cordon counts; Fittings; Information processing; Mechanical rings; Park and ride; Public transit; Radial highways; Regions; Traffic control; Traffic flow; Traffic lanes; Traffic signals; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Collars
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 1272: Bus; 958: Park and ride; 744: Public transport; 378: Region; 654: Traffic control; 671: Traffic flow; 2827: Traffic lane; 565: Traffic signal; 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00134250
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 4 1981 12:00AM