ANTICIPATING THE FAR REACHING IMPACT OF THE AUTOMATED HIGHWAY
The Automated Highway System (AHS) is expected to increase roadway capacity and reduce the frequency and severity of incidents, while providing more stable traffic flow. The increased capacity is achieved by tightening lateral and longitudinal spacing between vehicles. The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991 mandates that the first fully automated roadway or automated test track must be developed by 1997. Anticipated traffic operations improvements and the ISTEA mandate indicate that the AHS is an idea whose time has come. This study evaluated the performance of traffic operation in and around automated freeways using two traffic simulation models.
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Authors:
- Smith, E R
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Conference:
- Intelligent Transportation: Realizing the Benefits. Proceedings of the 1996 Annual Meeting of ITS America.
- Location: Houston, TX
- Date: 1996-4-15 to 1996-4-18
- Publication Date: 1996
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures;
- Pagination: p. 619-628
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Automated highway systems; Highway capacity; Highway operations; Injury severity; Performance evaluations; Simulation; Speed; Studies; Traffic; Traffic incidents; Travel time
- Uncontrolled Terms: Incidents; Longitudinal; Reduction (Decrease)
- Old TRIS Terms: Laterals
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00724784
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Aug 23 1996 12:00AM