PEAK-PERIOD CONTROL OF A FREEWAY SYSTEM : SOME THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS

This document presents a theoretical study of freeway traffic control. The first part of the study is the determination of the criterion function by which the performance of the control system can be evaluated. This also includes a discussion of the macroscopic behavior of traffic at a bottleneck and a different points above and below the bottleneck. The type of traffic sensor or detector that would be required for freeway control is then discussed. A review and evaluation of possible freeway control and information dissemination techniques are presented. Finally, a linear programming model of the operation of a one-directional freeway subsystem is developed.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: 1963 Published By: Expressway Surveillance Project, Oak Park IL
• Corporate Authors:

  Expressway Surveillance Project (Ill.)

  ,    

  Illinois Department of Transportation

  Division of Highways, 2300 South Dirksen Parkway
  Springfield, IL  United States  62764
• Authors:
  • Wattleworth, Joseph A
• Publication Date: 1963

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: viii, 144 p.
• Serial:
  • Report / Expressway Surveillance Project ; 9
  • Publisher: Expressway Surveillance Project (Ill.)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freeway management systems; Ramp metering
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00787340
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH
• Created Date: Nov 17 2000 12:00AM